Syntheses, structures, and properties of three MOFs based on tertbutylphenyl imidazole dicarboxylate

Abstract

By hydrothermal reactions of a newly designed ligand, 2-(p-tert-butylphenyl)-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acid (H3BuPhIDC) with Cd(II) or Zn(II), three metal-organic frameworks, [Cd(μ3-HBuPhIDC)(H2O)]·2H2O (1), [Cd(μ3-HBuPhIDC)(4,4′-bipy)0.5] (4,4′-bipy = 4,4′-bipyridine) (2), and [Zn2(μ3-HBuPhIDC)2(CH3OH)2] (3), have been obtained and characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In 1, small countless diamond grids form a mesh structure and then are bridged through μ3-HBuPhIDC2− linkers building a 3-D framework. Compared with 1, 4,4′-bipy participates in the construction of a 3-D structure of 2. Polymer 3 shows an interesting 3-D open architecture, which contains infinite 1-D octagonal channels built by left- and right-handed helical chains. Thermal and solid-state photoluminescence properties of the polymers have been investigated.