Issue 16, 2015

Coordination assemblies of seven metal-organic frameworks based on a bent connector: structural diversity and properties

Abstract

Seven new coordination polymers, namely, [Zn(L)(bdc)]·2H2O (1), [Zn(L)(2-NH2-bdc)]·2H2O (2), [Zn(L)(bdc)]·1.75DMF·0.5H2O (3), [Zn(L)(oba)]·H2O (4), [Co(L)(oba)]·H2O (5), [Cd2(L)2(bdc)(NO3)2]·2DMF (6) and [Cd(L)(ndc)(H2O)] (7) (L = 4-amino-3,5-bis(4-imidazol-1-ylphenyl)-1,2,4-triazole, H2bdc = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 2-NH2-H2bdc = 2-amino-1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, H2oba = 4,4′-oxydibenzoic acid and H2ndc = 1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid), have been synthesized. The structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and further characterized by elemental analysis, IR, and thermogravimetric (TG) analysis. 1 and 2 feature a similar three-fold interpenetrating network combined with interdigitation which extends the structure into a three-dimensional framework. 3 is a two-fold interpenetrating framework showing intralayer porosity and interdigitation. Compounds 1 and 3 represent a pair of supramolecular isomers where structural motifs and different interpenetration modes exist; compounds 4 and 5 are isostructural and display the same three-fold interpenetrating framework where two types of interlaced triple-stranded helices A and B can be found. The triple-stranded helices with opposite chirality for each type are distributed in adjacent layers. Compound 6 exhibiting a unique simultaneous threading fashion of adjacent polymeric motifs gives the novel (2D → 3D) polythreaded array where coordinated NO3 anions act as the dangling ligands. Compound 7 is a 6-connected 3D self-penetrating network where right- and left-handed single-stranded helical chains (AR and AL) and interlaced triple-stranded helices (BR and BL) coexist. The luminescence properties of compounds 1–7 were also measured and discussed.

Graphical abstract: Coordination assemblies of seven metal-organic frameworks based on a bent connector: structural diversity and properties

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Dec 2014
Accepted
10 Mar 2015
First published
11 Mar 2015

CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 3129-3138

Coordination assemblies of seven metal-organic frameworks based on a bent connector: structural diversity and properties

B. Song, C. Qin, Y. Zhang, X. Wu, H. Liu, K. Shao and Z. Su, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 3129 DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02473G

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