Stepwise synthesis of two inorganic–organic hybrids based on the manganese monosubstituted Keggin polyanion chains

•Two compounds based on monosubstituted Keggin chain have been stepwise synthesized.•Compounds 1 and 2 were characterized by elemental analysis, IR and TG analysis.•Compound 1 has good activities for photocatalytic degradation of RhB.

Two new hybrid compounds based on the manganese monosubstituted Keggin polyanion chains, [H2bpy][Ag(bpy)]2[HPMnMo11O39] (1) and [H2bpy]2[Hbpy][PMnMo11O39]·H2O (2), (bpy = 4,4′-bipyridine) have been stepwise synthesized under hydrothermal condition and characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectra, thermogravimetry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction technique. Structural characterization reveals that although both 1 and 2 contain manganese monosubstituted Keggin polyanion chains, the polyanion chains are not in the full consistent way. In 1, the neighboring manganese monosubstituted Keggin clusters are connected via sharing the para position oxygen atoms of the clusters to form a linear polyanion chain in which the monosubstituted Keggin clusters are further grafted by silver coordination polymer chains forming a 2D network. Whereas the polyanion chain in 2 exhibits a zigzag structure, which is formed by sharing the metaposition terminal oxygen atoms of the clusters, rather than para position terminal oxygen atoms as that in 1. Each zigzag chain contacts with four adjacent chains along four directions through short interspecies contacts, forming a 3D supramolecular framework. The protonated Hbipy+ and H2bipy2+ molecules as the counter cations exist in voids of the supramolecular framework in 2. Furthermore, photocatalytic experiments indicate that 1 has good activities for photocatalytic degradation of RhB under UV irradiation.

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