A novel 3-D photoluminescent cuprous chloride polymer based on bifunctional imidazolate/tetrazolate bridges

Abstract

A novel 3-D cuprous chloride polymer [Cu^I₂Cl(μ₅-L)]_n (1, HL = 1-tetrazole-4-imidazole-benzene) has been hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized. 1 displays a 3-D network with a bimodal fsc-3,5-Cmce-2 topological type constructed by the linkages of rare [Cu^I₂Cl]⁺ cations and L⁻ ligands. The photoluminescence properties and density functional theory calculations of 1 have also been studied.