Two‐Dimensional Holo‐ and Hemidirected Lead(II) Coordination Polymers: Synthetic, Spectroscopic, Thermal, and Structural Studies of [Pb(μ‐SCN)2(μ‐ebp)1.5]n and {[Pb(μ‐OAc)(μ‐ebp)](ClO4)}n (ebp=4,4′‐[(1E)‐Ethane‐1,2‐diyl]bis[pyridine]; OAc=Acetato)

Abstract

AbstractTwo new coordination polymers of PbII complexes with bridging 4,4′‐[(1E)‐ethane‐1,2‐diyl]bis[pyridine] (ebp), thiocyanato, and acetato ligands, [Pb(μ‐SCN)2(μ‐ebp)1.5]n (1) and {[Pb(μ‐OAc)(μ‐ebp)](ClO4)}n (2), were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT‐IR, 1H‐ and 13C‐NMR, thermal analysis, and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. In 1, the Pb2+ ions are doubly bridged by both the ebp and the SCN− ligands into a two‐dimensional polymeric network. The seven‐coordinate geometry around the Pb2+ ion in 1 is a distorted monocapped trigonal prism, in which the Pb2+ ions have a less‐common holodirected geometry. In 2, the Pb2+ ions are bridged by AcO− ligands forming linear chains, which are also further bridged by the neutral ebp ligands into a two‐dimensional polymeric framework. The Pb2+ ions have a five‐coordinate geometry with two N‐atoms from two ebp ligands and three O‐atoms of AcO−. Although ClO$\rm{_{4}^{-}}$ acts as a counter‐ion, it also makes weak interactions with the Pb2+ center. The arrangement of the ligands in 2 exhibits hemidirected geometry, and the coordination gap around the Pb2+ ion is possibly occupied by a configurationally active lone pair of electrons.