This paper reports two new coordination polymers formed by carboxylate-substituted benzoimidazole and formate ligands: [Mn(L)·(HCO2)] n (1) and [Co(L)·(HCO2)] n (2) (L = benzoimidazol-1-yl-acetate). Complexes 1 and 2 are isomorphous and adopt a new 3,6-connected three-nodal topology showing interesting magnetic properties: spin canted antiferromagnetism for MnII complex 1, but simple antiferromagnetic coupling for CoII complex 2.
HU BoWenZHAO JiongPengYANG QianZHANG XiaoFengBU XianHe
Using two structurally related benzoates bearing different H-bond acceptors as co-ligands, three new azido-CuⅡ compounds, [Cu(L1)(N3)(H2O)]n (1), [Cu(L1)(N3)(MeOH)]n (2), and [CuL2HL2(N3)3(H2O)]n (3) (HL1 = 4-nitrobenzoic acid; HL2 = 2-phenyl-4-quinolinecarboxylic acid), have been synthesized and structurally characterized. 1 is a carboxylate/EO-azido bridged copper chain, forming 3D structure by H-bonds, and 2 has a similar chain structure as 1 but forming a 2D structure by H-bonds, while 3 is a 3D supramolecular network with ternary center H-bonds. Magnetic study indicates that domain ferromagnetic coupling interactions were found to exist in complexes 1 and 3.
ZHAO JiongPeng HU BoWen YANG Qian LIU FuChen HU TongLiang BU XianHe
Three novel coordination polymers, {[Co(L)(SO4)(H2O)](CH3OH)}∞ (1), {[Cd(L)2(SiF6)](H2O)}∞ (2) and [Zn(L)(NO3)2]∞ (3), synthesized from 1,4-di(benzimidazole-1-yl)benzene (L), have been characterized by infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds 1-3 exhibit different structures. Complex 1 has a 3-D diamond network containing 1-D CoII chains connected by SO24- anions; 2 has a 3-D α-Po framework with 1-D porous channels along the c axis; and 3 has a 1-D zig-zag chain structure with a 2-D supramolecular network based on π-π interactions. The magnetic properties of 1 and the solid state fluorescence spectra of 2 and 3 have also been explored.
LI Lei, HU TongLiang, ZENG YongFei, BU XianHe TKL of Metal-and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
