Two New Compounds Based on Bi-Capped Keggin Polyoxoanions and Cu-Bpy Cations Contain Both CuII and CuI Complexes:
Yabing Liu1,2, Wentong Zhao2, Jijun Zheng2
1Key Laboratory for Comprehensive Energy Saving of Cold Regions Architecture of Ministry of Education, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun 130118, China.
Abstract:
Two inorganic-organic hybrid complexes based on bi-capped Keggin-type cluster, {([CuII(2,2'-bpy)2]2[PMoVI8VV2VIV2O40(VIVO)2])[CuI(2,2'-bpy)]}∙2H2O (1) and {[CuII(2,2'-bpy)2]2[SiMoVI8.5MoV2.5VIVO40(VIVO)2]}[CuI0.5(2,2'-bpy)(H2O)0.5] (2) (bpy = bipyridine), had been hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, TGA, PXRD and X-ray single-crystal diffraction analysis. Compound 1 consists of a novel 1-D chain structure constructed from [CuI(2,2'-bpy)]+ unit linking bi-supported POMs anion {[CuII(2,2'-bpy)2]2[PMoVI8VV2VIV2O40(VIVO)2]}-. Compound 2 is a bi-capped Keggin cluster bi-supported Cu-bpy complex. The main highlights of the two compounds are that Cu-bpy cations contain both CuI and CuII complexes. Furthermore, the fluorescence properties, the catalytic properties, and the photocatalytic performance of compounds 1 and 2 have been assessed, and the results show that both compounds are active for styrene epoxidation and degradation and adsorption of Methylene blue (MB), Rhodamine B (RhB) and mixed aqueous solutions.
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