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Yi Chen Hu1, Chao Bai2, Huai Ming Hu2
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Seven novel lanthanide coordination polymers, [Eu(STP)(glu)]n (1), [Ln4(STP)2(glu)5]n·4nH2O [Ln = Er (2), Yb (3)], [Ln(STP)(1,3-bdc)]n·0.5nH2O [Ln = Tb (4), Yb (5)], and [Ln(STP)(1,2-bdc)]n [Ln = Eu (6), Tb (7)] [NaSTP = sodium 2-(2,2':6',2″-terpyridin-4'-yl)benzenesulfonate, H2glu = glutaric acid, H2(1,3-bdc) = benzene-1,3-dicarboxylic acid, H2(1,2-bdc) = benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid], have been prepared under hydrothermal conditions and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound (1) possesses a 2D layered structure based on 1D chains with STP- and glu2- anions acting as bridges. Compounds (2) and (3) are isomorphous and show a rare 3D tcj/hc net with a tetranuclear Ln3+ unit regarded as a seven-connected node and a glu2- anion serving as a three-connected node. Compounds (4) and (5) are isomorphous and exhibit six-connected pcu nets by denoting binuclear units to six-connected nodes. Compounds (6) and (7) display 3D 3,5T1 nets with (1,2-bdc)2- anions and dimetallic units serving as three- and five-connected nodes, respectively. The Eu compounds (1) and (6) demonstrate typically red emission, while the Tb compounds (4) and (7) exhibit characteristic green emission. The emission spectra of heteronuclear compounds [EuxTb1-x(STP)(1,2-bdc)]n (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) as efficient luminescent tags were investigated. The intermetallic energy transfer of Tb to Eu was also evaluated.
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