A series of 2D and 3D coordination polymers containing multicore Mn-carboxyl chain and flexible polycarboxylate ligands: synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties

Abstract

We report the synthesis, crystal structures, and magnetic properties of a series of two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) coordination polymers (CPs). A solvothermal reaction of manganese metal salts with 4,4′-oxydibenzoic acid (H2oba), 4,4′-methylenebis(oxy) dibenzoic acid (H2mba), 4,4′-(propane-1,3-diylbis (oxy))dibenzoic acid (H2pba) or 1,4-bis (1H-imidazol-1-yl)-butane (bib) gives five new non-interpenetrating CPs, [Mn2(oba)2(CH3OH)(H2O)] (1), [Mn6(oba)6(bib)(DMF)2(H2O)4] · (DMF)2(CH3OH) (2), [Mn4(mba)4(bib)(CH3OH)] (3), [Mn7(pba)7 (bib)(H2O)4] · (H2O)3(DMA)(CH3OH)0.5 (4), and [Mn7(pba)7(H2O)6](DMA)3 (5). The X-ray crystal structural analyses revealed that 1, 4, and 5 are 2-D layers, whereas 2 and 3 are 3-D frameworks with 1-D Mn-carboxylate chains. In 1, 2, 4, and 5, the 1-D Mn-carboxylate chains are formed by flexible carboxylate ligands and Mn ions; these were then linked by organic ligands in different directions, leading to the formation of 2-D and 3-D frameworks. Furthermore, IR, PXRD, elemental analysis, TGA, and magnetic properties have been investigated.