Different aliphatic dicarboxylates affected assemble of new coordination polymers constructed from flexible–rigid mixed ligands

In this article, seven coordination polymers: [Cd(C5H6O4)(C10H8N2)]n (1), [Zn(C5H6O4)(C10H8N2)]n (2), [Cd(C6H8O4)(C10H8N2)]n (3), {[Mn(C10H8N2)(H2O)4] (C4H4O4)·4H2O}n (4), [Mn5(C4H4O4)4(O)]n (5), [Cd(C4H4O4)(C10H8N2)(H2O)]n (6) and [Zn(C6H6O4)(C12H8N2)(H2O)]n (7) were synthesized and characterized by single-crystallographic X-ray diffraction. Compounds 1 and 2 are two-dimensional layers connected by glutarate anions and 4,4′-bpy. Unlike compounds 1 and 2, compound 3 is a two-fold interpenetration network. Compound 4 is a one-dimensional chain-like structure, which is further extended to two-dimensional supramolecular layer structure with hydrogen bond. During the synthesis of compound 4, to our surprise, we got compound 5; compound 5 is an interesting three-dimensional network composed of pentanuclear Mn(II) building units and succinate anions. Compound 6 is also a two-dimensional supramolecular layer structure composed of one-dimensional chain-like structure with hydrogen bonds and Π–Π interactions. Compound 7 is also a one-dimensional chain-like structure, which is further connected with the same kind of interaction to generate two-dimensional supramolecular layer structure. Furthermore, compounds 1 and 2 both exhibit fluorescent property at room temperature.

Graphical abstractSeven complexes composed by 3D metal ions, aliphatic acid ligand and rigid bidentate nitrogen ligands: 4,4′-bpy, 2,2′-bpy and 1,10′-phen. With the change of the carbon number of the backbone of aliphatic dicarboxylate ligand, we can synthesize different complexes with various structures.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide