One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Coordination Polymers of Stilbenedicarboxylate with Different Metal Ions

Abstract

Using trans-stilbene-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid (H2STDC) as bridging ligand, we have prepared four new coordination polymers with different transition metal ions, [Cu(STDC)(H2O)(py)2]·2py (1), [Cd(STDC)(py)2]·0.5py (2), [Co(STDC)(py)2]·0.5py (3), and [Ni2(STDC)2(py)4(H2O)]·py·0.5H2O (4), by hydrothermal reactions in the presence of pyridine (py). In compound 1, single metal ions are linked into quasi-linear coordination chains by the organic ligand, and the chains are further assembled into 3D supermolecular architectures through strong O−H (coordinate water)···O (carboxylate) and weak C−H (py)···π (benzene) hydrogen bonds. In compounds 2 and 3, which are isomorphous, binuclear motifs with double carboxylate bridges are linked into two-dimensional (4,4) coordination layers exhibiting 2-fold inclined interpenetration. The last compound exhibits an abnormal 5-fold interpenetration of diamond networks, in which the tetrahedral building unit is defined by a binuclear motif with triple (two carboxylates and a wate...