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Published on: February 7, 2017
Three cobalt-based coordination polymers with tripodal carboxylate and imidazole-containing ligands: syntheses,
Long Tang1, Huan-Huan Wang1, Yu-Hao Fu1
1Yan'an University Key Laboratory of New Energy & New Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Yan'an University Yan'an Shaanxi 716000 China ydtangl@126.com yadxwjj@126.com.
Abstract:
Three cobalt-based coordination polymers [Co(Htatb)(1,3-bimyb)] (1), [Co(Htatb)(bimbp)]·DMF (2), and [Co(Htatb)(1,4-bimyb)]·H2O (3) [H3tatb = 4,4',4''-s-triazine-2,4,6-tribenzoic acid, 1,3-bimyb = 1,3-bis(imidazole-1-ylmethyl)benzene, bimbp = 4,4'-bis(imidazolyl)biphenyl, 1,4-bimyb = 1,4-bis (imidazole-1-ylmethyl)benzene] were synthesized by hydrothermal reactions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analyses, IR spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Compound 1 shows a double-strand chain structure, due to the intermolecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and aromatic π-π stacking interactions, the adjacent chains are connected to produce a 3D supramolecular structure. Compound 2 shows a 2D structure with a 1D channel. Compound 3 displays a 2D layer structure, furthermore these layers are joined by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding to generate a four-fold interpenetrating 3D architecture. The fluorescence properties of 1-3 and the magnetic behavior of 1 and 2 have also been investigated. Based on their crystal structures, compounds 1 and 2 were investigated using hybrid DFT methods at the B3LYP/6-31G (d) level. The DFT-BS approach was applied to study the magnetic coupling behavior. The results reveal that the calculated exchange coupling constants J were in good agreement with the experimental data.
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