Structure diversity of a series of new coordination polymers based on a C 3-symmetric tridentate ligand with rosette architecture

Yang Zhang, Qian Wang, Yuan Jing Xiao, Jie Han, Xiao Li Zhao

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Abstract

4,4′,4″-[1,3,5-Benzenetriyltris(carbonylimino)]trisbenzoic acid (H 3L), a C 3-symmetric ligand, was found to self-assemble into an interesting core-rosette structure driven by intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions. Reactions of this ligand with Zn 2+, Co 2+ and Cd 2+ under solvothermal conditions resulted in the formation of four new coordination polymers with interesting structural motifs: [Zn 2(L)(OH)(H 2O)(DMF)]·DMF·H 2O (1), [Co 3(L) 2(DMF)(H 2O)] ·DMF·3CH 3OH (2), [Co 1.5(L)(H 2O)(DMF)]·DMF (3), and [Cd 1.5(L)(H 2O)(DMF)]·DMF (4). Single-crystal structural analysis revealed that complex 1 exhibits a rare example of twofold interpenetrating two-dimensional CdI 2-type structure with tetranuclear Zn 43-OH) 2(COO) 6(H 2O)(DMF) serving as secondary building unit (SBU), whereas in 2, the μ 3-oxo-tricobalt basic carboxylate SBUs are connected by L 3- ligands, leading to a twofold interpenetrating three-dimensional (3,6)-net framework. The isomorphous complexes 3 and 4 each has a (4,4)-grid layered architecture in which the SBU is a linear Co 3/Cd 3 cluster. The four coordination polymers were all further characterized by IR, thermogravimetric and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-136
Number of pages10
JournalPolyhedron
Volume33
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Feb 2012

Keywords

  • C -symmetric
  • Coordination polymers
  • Rosette

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