Synthesis, structure, and photoluminescence of ZnII and CdII coordination complexes constructed by structurally related 5,6-substituted pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylate ligands

Abstract

Aiming at exploring the effect of substituting groups of three structurally related ligands, 5,6-diethyl-pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid (H2L1), 5,6-diphenyl-pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid (H2L2), and dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline-2,3-dicarboxylic acid (H2L3), seven new coordination polymers constructed from these three substituted dicarboxylate ligands, {[Zn(L1)(H2O)3]·2H2O}∞ (1), {[Cd2(L2ʹ)4(H2O)]·3H2O}∞ (2), [Zn(L2)(CH3OH)]∞ (3), {[Zn(L2)(H2O)2]·H2O}∞ (4), {[Zn(L2ʹ)]·H2O}∞ (5), [Zn2(L3)(DMF)4]∞(6), [Zn(L3)(2,2ʹ-bipy)(H2O)]∞(7), have been prepared and structurally characterized. 1 is a 1D chain structure in which ZnII ion is six-coordinated with octahedron geometry. 2 is also a 1D chain structure in which there are two crystallographically independent CdII ions in the asymmetric unit and exist transformative L2ʹ ligands in the resulting complex. 3 and 4 both possess 2D layer network with the same (4, 82) topology, while the two complexes take different coordination modes during the forming of the compounds. 5 has a 1D chain structure based on the transformative L2ʹ ligand in which ZnII ion is five-coordinated with bipyramidal geometry. 6 and 7 both have 1D chain structure constructed from L3 ligand. Thereinto, ZnII ion in 6 is five-coordinated by three oxygen atoms from two individual L3 ligands and two oxygen atoms from two DMF molecules. While in 7 there are also five coordination sites occupied by two carboxylate oxygen atoms from two L3 ligands. In addition, the compounds are characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectra. The luminescent properties of the compounds are also discussed and exhibit strong fluorescent emissions in the solid state.