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Yan-Ning Wang1, Jie-Hui Yu1, Ji-Qing Xu1
1College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China.
Abstract:
5-(3',4'-Dicarboxylphenoxy)isophthalic acid (H4 L1) and 5-(2',3'-dicarboxylphenoxy)isophthalic acid (H4 L2) were reacted with Cd2+ salt with/without the assistance of N-donor ligands, creating five 3D CdII coordination polymers [Cd2 (L1)(H2 O)5 ]⋅H2 O (1), [Cd2 (L1)(bpe)(H2 O)] (bpe=1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene; 2), [Cd2 (L1)(bpa)(H2 O)] (bpa=1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane; 3), [Cd2 (L1)(bpp)] (bpp=1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane; 4), and [Cd2 (L2)(bpp)2 (H2 O)2 ]⋅H2 O (5). Crystal-structure analysis reveals 1) in 1, phthalate moieties for L1 link Cd1 centers into a 1D slightly helical chain; Cd2 centers act as bridges, linking 1D helical chains into a 3D network with a (3,5)-connected topology; 2) in 2-4, although Cd2+ centers were further modified by the introduction of organic bases, L1 molecules still link Cd2+ centers into 3D networks, which can all be simplified as pcu topology; 3) in 2-4, phthalate moieties first link Cd2+ centers into an oligomer, in which carboxylate-bridged discrete or rod-shaped secondary building units (SBUs) are found (tetranuclear SBU in 2 and 3, rod-shaped SBU in 4); and 4) in 5, L2 molecules link Cd2+ centers into a 2D (4,4) net; introduced bpp molecules serve as pillar linkers, extending Cd2+ -L2 layers into a 3D network of 5. The sensing abilities of 2-5 for nitrobenzene (NB) were investigated. Results revealed that they could all serve as fluorescence probes to sense NB at ppm concentrations.
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