Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Fluorescence Properties of Two One-Dimensional Cadmium(II) Coordination Polymers Containing Flexible Bis(benzimidazole) Ligands

Author: Xiao Shu-lin  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 1574-1443

Source: Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, Vol.22, Iss.6, 2012-11, pp. : 1384-1390

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Abstract

Two one-dimensional Cd(II) coordination polymers constructed by ribbon-like molecules, {[Cd(L1)2(NO3)]·NO3} n (1) (L1 = 1,3-bis(5,6-dimethylbenzimidazol-1-yl)benzene) and [Cd(L2)2(NO3)2] n (2) (L2 = 1,3-bis(benzimidazol-1-yl)benzene) have been obtained through assembly of the two structurally similar flexible bis(benzimidazole)-based ligands and cadmium nitrate tetrahydrate. The cadmium(II) centers display different coordination environments with trigonal-bipyramidal geometry in 1, and a octahedral geometry in 2. Weak C-H···O interactions in 1 result in a two-dimensional supramolecular layer; two π-π interactions are present in 2 forming a three-dimensional supramolecular network structure. The solid state fluorescence properties of 1 and 2 were investigated.

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