Issue 5, 2012

Temperature-induced assembly of MOF polymorphs: Syntheses, structures and physical properties

Abstract

Four new coordination polymers, namely, [Co(BIPA)(titmb)]·H2O (1), [Co3(BIPA)3(titmb)2]·0.73H2O (2), [Ni(SDBA)(bix)]·2H2O (3) and [Ni(SDBA)(bix)(H2O)]·0.38H2O (4) (H2BIPA = 5-bromoisophthalic acid, H2SDBA = 4,4′-dicarboxybiphenyl sulfone, titmb = 1,3,5-tris(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2,4,6-tri-methylbenzene, bix = 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene), were obtained under hydrothermal conditions. Four complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectra, thermogravimetric analyses and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complexes 1 and 2 are polymorphs formed from Co(II) cations, BIPA2 anions, titmb ligands and water molecules, showing a three-dimensional (3,5)-connected network with the topology of (63)(69.8) for 1 and a three-dimensional (3,4)-connected coordination framework with the topology of (4.6.8)(4.62.83)(6.85)(62.83.10)(83) for 2. Complexes 3 and 4 are also two polymorphs constructed from Ni(II) cations, SDBA2 anions, bix ligands and water molecules. Complex 3 exhibits a two-dimensional lamella structure with (4,4) topology, whereas complex 4 displays a two-dimensional 2-fold interpenetrating (6,3) network. It is shown that the reaction temperature plays a crucial role in the formation of the final products. Moreover, the nonlinear optical and ferroelectric properties of 1 have also been investigated.

Graphical abstract: Temperature-induced assembly of MOF polymorphs: Syntheses, structures and physical properties

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Mar 2011
Accepted
15 Nov 2011
First published
10 Jan 2012

CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 1856-1864

Temperature-induced assembly of MOF polymorphs: Syntheses, structures and physical properties

G. Liu, H. Xu, H. Zhou, S. Nishihara and X. Ren, CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 1856 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05369H

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