Self-assembly of three new metal organic coordination networks based on 1,2-bis(imidazol-1yl-methyl)benzene

Three new metal organic coordination architectures from one-dimensional structures to three-dimensional frameworks, formulated as [Zn(μ-HCO2)(HCO2)(μ-obix)]n (1), {[Cu(μ-obix)2(H2O)2]·2HCO2}n (2) and {[Cd2(μ3-sip)2(μ-obix)2Cd(μ-obix)2(H2O)2]·5H2O} (3) (sip = 5-sulfoisophthalate) were synthesized under solvothermal conditions and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, FT-IR and photoluminescence spectroscopy and thermogravimetric/differential thermal analysis.197