Abstract
The novel 3D coordination polymer {Cd2(C4H2O4)2(C4H6N2)2(H2O)2 · 2H2O}n (I) has been synthesized and characterized by standard solid state methods including single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The compound crystallizes in triclinic space group P\(\bar 1\) with a = 8.589(4), b = 10.585(3), c = 13.094(1) A, α = 84.91(4)°, β = 79.21(0)°, γ = 83.76(4)°, V = 1159.5(1) A3, Z = 2. The fumaric acid acts as a multimodal bridging ligand in the polymer unit. One of the fumaric acid ligands tridentately chelates to two Cd2+ cations in the same dinuclear unit, while the other bidentately chelates to two Cd2+ cations in another dinuclear unit. The two metal centers possess slightly distorted pentagonal bipyramid geometry with four Cd {(μ4-fumarato)-(μ2-fumarato)-bis(2-methylimidazolyl)-diaqua} units joining together to form a 28-membered ring. The whole molecule exhibits a through channel along y-axis and 2D layers in xz plane. With hydrogen bond and π-π interaction, the 2D layers construct a 3D microporous network.
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