Synthesis, structure, fluorescence and magnetic studies of two oxygen bridged polycarboxylic acid ligands and rare earth metal ion Pr, Gd, and Er complexes

Abstract

In order to further enrich the research on the synthesis of complexes with polycarboxylic acid ligands and rare earth metal ion. In this study, four rare earth complexes, namely, [Gd(cpia)]n (1), [Er(cpia)]n (2), [Pr(cpna)2·2H2O]n (3) and [Gd(Hcpna)(cpna)•3H2O]n (4) have been synthesized by solvothermal method based on 5-(2-carboxyphenoxy)isophthalic acid (H3cpia) and 5-(4-carboxyphenoxy)nicotinic acid ligand (H2cpna) with rare earth metal ions Pr3+, Gd3+ and Er3+. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses reveal that complexes 1, 2 and 3 are two-dimensional network structure, 4 is one-dimensional chain structures. The fluorescence test results show that the fluorescence intensity of complexes 1 and 2 were lower than that of the H3cpia ligand, the fluorescence intensity of complexes 3 and 4 were lower than that of the H2cpna ligand. Magnetic results indicate complex 1 has ferromagentic behavior and weak antiferromagentic behavior in the complexes 2, 3 and 4.