Effect of pH on the construction of CdII coordination polymers involving the 1,1′-[1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)]bis(3,5-dicarboxylatopyridinium) ligand

Abstract

Changing the pH value of a reaction system can result in polymers with very different compositions and architectures. Two new coordination polymers based on 1,1′-[1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)]bis(3,5-dicarboxylatopyridinium) (L 2−), namely catena-poly[[[tetraaquacadmium(II)]-μ2-1,1′-[1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)]bis(3,5-dicarboxylatopyridinium)] 1.66-hydrate], {[Cd(C22H14N2O8)(H2O)4]·1.66H2O} n , (I), and poly[{μ6-1,1′-[1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)]bis(3,5-dicarboxylatopyridinium)}cadmium(II)], [Cd(C22H14N2O8)] n , (II), have been prepared in the presence of NaOH or HNO3 and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In polymer (I), each CdII ion is coordinated by two halves of independent L 2− ligands, forming a one-dimensional chain structure. In the crystal, these chains are further connected through O—H...O hydrogen bonds, leading to a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network. In polymer (II), each hexadentate L 2− ligand coordinates to six CdII ions, resulting in a three-dimensional network structure, in which all of the CdII ions and L 2− ligands are equivalent, respectively. The IR spectra, thermogravimetric analyses and fluorescence properties of both reported compounds were investigated.