Lanthanide coordination polymers constructed from 5-(4-pyridyl)-isophthalic acid: Synthesis, structure and photoluminescent properties

•Nine novel lanthanide coordination polymers have been synthesized.•Compounds 1-9 all show a 3D framework with pcu alpha-Po primitive cubic topology.•The Eu and Tb compounds shows bright red and green luminescence, respectively.

Nine lanthanide coordination polymers [Ln2(pyip)3(H2O)4·DMF·3H2O]n (Ln = Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho) based on the pyip2 − ligand {H2pyip = 5-(4-pyridyl)-isophthalic acid} have been synthesized under solvothermal conditions. X-ray crystallographic studies reveal that 1–9 are isostructural and crystallize in the triclinic system, space group P21/c, and exhibit a 3D framework. Topological analysis reveals that the 3D framework can be simplified to a uninodal 6-connected pcu alpha-Po primitive cubic type structure. Meanwhile, the luminescent properties of these nine coordination polymers in the solid state are also investigated. Especially the Eu and Tb compounds show bright red and green luminescence with luminescence lifetimes of 0.39 and 0.80 ms, respectively.

Graphical abstractNine lanthanide coordination polymers [Ln2(pyip)3(H2O)4·DMF·3H2O]n (Ln = Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu,Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho) based on the pyip2 − ligand {H2pyip = 5-(4-pyridyl)-isophthalic acid} present a 3D framework and the pcu alpha-Po primitive cubic topology.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide