Issue 26, 2014

Syntheses, structures and photocatalytic properties of five new praseodymium–antimony oxochlorides: from discrete clusters to 3D inorganic–organic hybrid racemic compounds

Abstract

Five novel praseodymium–antimony oxochloride (Pr–Sb–O–Cl) cluster-based compounds, namely (2-MepyH)2[Fe(1,10-phen)3]2[Pr4Sb12O18Cl14.6(OH)2.4(Hsal)]·H2O (1), (2-MepyH)2[Fe(1,10-phen)3]4{[Pr4Sb12O18Cl13.5(OH)0.5](bcpb)2[Pr4Sb12O18Cl13.5(OH)0.5]}·42H2O (2), (3-MepyH)2[Fe(1,10-phen)3]{[Pr4Sb12O18Cl13(H2O)2](bcpb)}·2(3-Mepy)·3H2O (3), [Fe(1,10-phen)3]2{[Pr4Sb12O18Cl10(H2O)2](bcpb)2}·3(3-Mepy)·13H2O (4), and (2-MepyH)6[Fe(1,10-phen)3]10{[Pr4Sb12O18Cl13(OH)2]2[Pr4Sb12O18Cl9][Pr4Sb12O18Cl9(OH)2]2(Hpdc)10(pdc)2}·110H2O (5) (2-Mepy = 2-methylpyridine, 3-Mepy = 3-methylpyridine, 1,10-phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, H2sal = salicylic acid, H3bcpb = 3,5-bis(4-carboxyphenoxy)benzoic acid, H3pdc = 3,5-pyrazoledicarboxylic acid) have been solvothermally synthesized and structurally characterized. Compound 1 is the first zero-dimensional (0D) Pr–Sb–O–Cl cluster decorated by an organic ligand. Compounds 2–4 are constructed from the same H3bcpb ligands but adopt different structures: 2 represents a rare example of a one-dimensional (1D) nanotubular structure based on high-nuclearity clusters; 3 exhibits a two-dimensional (2D) mono-layered structure, in which left-handed and right-handed helical chains are alternately arranged, while 4 features a double-layered structure with an unprecedented (3,3,6)-connected 3-nodal topological net. Compound 5 is a unique three-dimensional (3D) 2-fold interpenetrating racemic compound, simultaneously containing three kinds of Pr–Sb–O–Cl–pdc clusters. UV-light photocatalytic H2 evolution activity was observed for compound 3 with Pt as a co-catalyst and MeOH as a sacrificial electron donor. In addition, the magnetic properties of compounds 1 and 5 are also studied.

Graphical abstract: Syntheses, structures and photocatalytic properties of five new praseodymium–antimony oxochlorides: from discrete clusters to 3D inorganic–organic hybrid racemic compounds

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Mar 2014
Accepted
03 May 2014
First published
09 May 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 10064-10073

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Syntheses, structures and photocatalytic properties of five new praseodymium–antimony oxochlorides: from discrete clusters to 3D inorganic–organic hybrid racemic compounds

G. Zou, Z. Wang, Y. Song, B. Hu and X. Huang, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 10064 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00771A

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