Three Zinc(II) Phosphonates: Syntheses, Structures and Sensing of Copper(II) Ions
Hongjie He1, Peng Zhang1, Yun Ling1
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis, and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, No. 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Three zinc(II) phosphonocarboxylates, [Zn3 (m-bpc)2 (OH)]⋅(CH3 )2 NH2 ⋅H2 O (1), [Zn2 (m-bpc)(m-Hbpc)(4,4'-bpy)]⋅(CH3 )2 NH2 ⋅H2 O (2) and [Zn3 (m-bpc)2 (4,4'-bpy)(CH3 )2 NH]⋅H2 O (3) (m-H3 bpc=3-phosphonobenzoic acid, 4,4'-bpy=4,4'-bipyridine), have been solvothermally synthesised to generate unique topologies, as characterised by single-crystal XRD. Compound 1 possesses a diamond topology, which has rarely been found among phosphonate-based metal-organic frameworks. Compound 2 shows a 2D layered structure with pendant m-Hbpc and 4, 4'-bpy ligands, in which the layers feature as a zeolite-like network. Compound 3 has a 3D sandwich pillared-layer framework with an interesting double-helix structure. Only 1 shows an adsorption capacity for CO2 of 28.5 cm3 g-1 at 273 K. Luminescence studies revealed that both 1 and 2 could be potential sensors to copper(II) ions.
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