Two novel d10 metal coordination polymers based on an asymmetric polycarboxylate ligand: Synthesis, crystal structure, photoluminescence and photocatalysis

Two novel d10 metal CPs have been successfully synthesized and structurally characterized. 1 is a 2D network structure based on tetranuclear CdII clusters. 2 contains two kinds of independent units [Zn2(cbta)(phen)2] (A) and [Zn2(cbta) (phen)2(H2O)]·4H2O (B) to form an 1D+1D structure. The peculiar structural feature is that the neighboring A and B chains are arranged in a [ABAB···] alternation to form 3D supramolecular structure through hydrogen bonding interactions and π … π stacking interactions. In addition, the thermal stability, photoluminescence and photocatalysis of 1-2 were also studied.341