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Yu-Xiu Jin1, Fang Yang1, Li-Min Yuan1
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In poly[[μ3-2,2'-(disulfanediyl)dibenzoato-κ(5)O:O,O':O'',O'''](1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2)N,N')cadmium(II)], [Cd(C14H8O4S2)(C12H8N2)]n, the asymmetric unit contains one Cd(II) cation, one 2,2'-(disulfanediyl)dibenzoate anion (denoted dtdb(2-)) and one 1,10-phenanthroline ligand (denoted phen). Each Cd(II) centre is seven-coordinated by five O atoms of bridging/chelating carboxylate groups from three dtdb(2-) ligands and by two N atoms from one phen ligand, forming a distorted pentagonal-bipyramidal geometry. The Cd(II) cations are bridged by dtdb(2-) anions to give a two-dimensional (4,4) layer. The layers are stacked to generate a three-dimensional supramolecular architecture via a combination of aromatic C-H···π and π-π interactions. The thermogravimetric and luminescence properties of this compound were also investigated.
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