Nitroaromatic-detecting zinc and cadmium coordination polymers with methyl-substituted aliphatic dicarboxylate and 4,4′-dipyridylamine ligands and diverse topologies

A series of topologically diverse zinc and cadmium substituted aliphatic dicarboxylate coordination polymers has been prepared with 4,4′-dipyridylamine coligands. All complexes showed “turn-off” luminescence capability for the detection of nitroaromatics.530