Issue 48, 2019

Rational design, crystal structures and sensing properties of a series of luminescent MOFs based on a flexible tetracarboxylate ligand and N-donor ligands

Abstract

Six Zn/Cd metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), {[Zn2(dppa)(bpy)2(H2O)]·H2O}n (1), {[Zn2(dppa)(phen)2(H2O)]·3H2O}n (2), [Cd(H2dppa)(bpy)]n (3), {[Cd2(dppa)(dye)]·H2O}n (4), {[Cd4(dppa)2(H2O)9]·H2O}n (5) and {[Cd2(dppa)(bpe)2(H2O)]·H2O}n (6) (H4dppa = 5-(3′4′-dicarboxylphenoxy)isophthalic acid, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine, dye = 2,2′-dipyridylamine, bpe = 1,2-bis(4-pyridy) ethane), were synthesized and structurally characterized by elemental analyses, plasma (ICP) spectrometry, IR spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. 1–3 are 1D ring chains. 4 shows a 2D bilayer network based on a tetranuclear cadmium cluster linked by (dppa)4− ligands. 5 displays a 2D bilayer network based on a trinuclear cadmium cluster, in which (dppa)4− ion shows two different coordination modes. In contrast to the above MOFs, 6 possesses a 3D network structure based on dinuclear cadmium units cross-linked by (dppa)4− and bpe ligands. For 1–6, weak hydrogen bonding and π⋯π stacking contacts link the discrete 1D chains or 2D networks to form high-dimensional supramolecular structures. Especially, in 1–6, (dppa)4− ligand displays seven different coordination modes and conformations, which may show natural synergy in the structural diversity of the resulting MOFs. The remarkable characteristic of these frameworks is that 2 demonstrates highly selective and sensitive bifunctional luminescent sensing towards acetone and Fe3+ ion. In addition, the thermal stabilities and luminescence properties of the MOFs were studied.

Graphical abstract: Rational design, crystal structures and sensing properties of a series of luminescent MOFs based on a flexible tetracarboxylate ligand and N-donor ligands

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Jul 2019
Accepted
04 Nov 2019
First published
04 Nov 2019

CrystEngComm, 2019,21, 7389-7406

Rational design, crystal structures and sensing properties of a series of luminescent MOFs based on a flexible tetracarboxylate ligand and N-donor ligands

X. Chen, H. Cui, H. Yang, X. Wang, L. Liu, Y. Ren and J. Wang, CrystEngComm, 2019, 21, 7389 DOI: 10.1039/C9CE01186B

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