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3D Uranyl Organic Frameworks Supported by Rigid Octadentate Carboxylate Ligand: Synthesis, Structure Diversity, and
Dai Wu1, Xiu-Fang Mo2, Piao He2
1College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Jilin, 132022, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Seven three dimensional (3D) uranyl organic frameworks (UOFs), formulated as [NH4 ][(UO2 )3 (HTTDS)(H2 O)] (1), [(UO2 )4 (HTTDS)2 ](HIM)6 (2, IM=imidazole), [(UO2 )4 (TTDS)(H2 O)2 (Phen)2 ] (3, Phen=1,10-phenanthroline), [Zn(H2 O)4 ]0.5 [(UO2 )3 (HTTDS)(H2 O)4 ] (4), and {(UO2 )2 [Zn(H2 O)3 ]2 (TTDS)} (5), {Zn(UO2 )2 (H2 O)(Dib)0.5 (HDib)(HTTDS)} (6, Dib=1,4-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzene) and [Na]{(UO2 )4 [Cu3 (u3 -OH)(H2 O)7 ](TTDS)2 } (7) have been hydrothermally prepared using a rigid octadentate carboxylate ligand, tetrakis(3,5-dicarboxyphenyl)silicon(H8 TTDS). These UOFs have different 3D self-assembled structures as a function of co-ligands, structure-directing agents and transition metals. The structure of 1 has an infinite ribbon formed by the UO7 pentagonal bipyramid bridged by carboxylate groups. With further introduction of auxiliary N-donor ligands, different structure of 2 and 3 are formed, in 2 the imidazole serves as space filler, while in 3 the Phen are bound to [UO2 ]2+ units as co-ligands. The second metal centers were introduced in the syntheses of 4-7, and in all cases, they are part of the final structures, either as a counterion (4) or as a component of framework (5-7). Interesting, in 7, a rare polyoxometalate [Cu3 (μ3 -OH)O7 (O2 CR)4 ] cluster was found in the structure. It acts as an inorganic building unit together with the dimer [(UO2 )2 (O2 CR)4 ] unit. Those uranyl carboxylates were sufficiently determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction, and their topological structures and luminescence properties were analyzed in detail.
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