Issue 50, 2015

Hydrothermal syntheses, structural characterizations, and magnetic properties of five MOFs assembled from C2-symmetric ligand of 1,3-di(2′,4′-dicarboxylphenyl)benzene with various coordination modes

Abstract

Five new complexes, namely, [Ni(H2DDB)(H2O)22-H2O)]n (1), [Ni1.5(DDB)(1,4-bib)1.5(H2O)]n (2), {[Ni2(DDB)(1,3-bib)22-H2O)]·2H2O}n (3), [Cu2(H2DDB)2(1,4-bib)2]·H2O (4), and {[Cu1.5(HDDB)(1,2-bimb)]·H2O}n (5), have been synthesized using the solvothermal reaction of 1,3-di(2′,4′-dicarboxylphenyl)benzene (H4DDB) with nickel(II) or copper(II) salts in the presence of ancillary ligands of bis(imidazole) linkers (1,4-bib = 1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-4-yl)benzene, 1,3-bib = 1,3-bis(1H-imidazol-4-yl)benzene, and 1,2-bimb = 1,2-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene). Their structures have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses and further characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), and thermogravimetric (TG) analyses. In complex 1, NiII ions are bridged by associated water molecules to form an interesting [Ni(H2DDB)(H2O)22-H2O)]n chain structure, which is further extended to a 3D supramolecular structure via the hydrogen bonds. In complex 2, a novel 3D (3,3,6)-connected (63)4(65·88·102) net is generated from the synergistic effect of 1D [Ni(1,4-bib)]n zigzag chains and 2D [Ni3(DDB)2]n bilayers. For complex 3, with the employment of 1,3-bib bis(imidazole) linker instead of 1,4-bib, an unprecedented binuclear {Ni2(COO)(μ2-H2O)} SBUs based 3D (3,6)-connected (3·6·7)(32·43·54·63·7·82) net was obtained. Furthermore, when NiII ions were replaced by CuII ions, a paddle wheel {Cu2(COO)4} SBUs based [Cu2(H2DDB)(1,4-bib)2] (4) complex was formed. For complex 5, 2D [Cu3(HDDB)2]n sheets are further linked by 1,2-bimb pillars to expand a paddle wheel {Cu2(COO)4} SBUs based 3D architecture with 4-connected (65 8)-cds topology. Moreover, the magnetic properties of 1, 3, and 5 have been investigated.

Graphical abstract: Hydrothermal syntheses, structural characterizations, and magnetic properties of five MOFs assembled from C2-symmetric ligand of 1,3-di(2′,4′-dicarboxylphenyl)benzene with various coordination modes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Mar 2015
Accepted
14 Apr 2015
First published
15 Apr 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 39854-39863

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Hydrothermal syntheses, structural characterizations, and magnetic properties of five MOFs assembled from C2-symmetric ligand of 1,3-di(2′,4′-dicarboxylphenyl)benzene with various coordination modes

L. Fan, W. Fan, B. Li, X. Zhao and X. Zhang, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 39854 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA04559B

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