Abstract
Solvothermal reactions of Cd(II) or Zn(II) with two unsymmetrical olefinic ligands containing benzimidazole and 3-pyridyl/4-pyridyl moieties and ancillary anionic linkers such as dicarboxylates or disulfonates resulted in the coordination polymers containing diversified geometries. The crystal structure analyses of about eight such CPs reveal that the coordination networks found here include one-dimensional (1D) chains of metal and dicarboxylates/disulfonates with ligands as pendents, two-dimensional corrugated layers containing rectangular grids, and a three-dimensional (3D) coordination network. In two of the complexes, Cd2O2 acts as a secondary building unit (SBU) to form a two-dimensional (2D) layer of metal and dicarboxylates. The interdigitation of the pendent ligands of 1D-chains resulted in the required alignment of double bonds of L1 or L2 for photochemical [2 + 2] reaction, in two of the CPs. These CPs upon irradiation were found to undergo solid state [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions with 100% c...
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