Syntheses, Crystal Structures, Luminescent Properties, and Electrochemical Synthesis of Group 12 Element Coordination Polymers with 4-Substituted 1,2,4-Triazole Ligands
The self-assembly of Zn(II), Cd(II), or Hg(II) salts with long flexible 1,2,4-triazole-based ligands resulted in coordination polymers and mononuclear complexes of diverse topology. Indeed, the 1D chain [ZnCl2(btpm)] (1) (P1̅), the 2D square grid [Zn(btpm)2(H2O)](BF4)2·2btpm·8H2O (2) (P21212), and the 1D chain [Cd3Cl6(btpm)2]·8H2O (3) (P1̅) with btpm = bis(4-(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)phenyl)methane were crystallized. In addition, the mononuclear complexes [ZnCl2(ppt)2] (4) (I2) and [HgBr2(ppt)2] (5) (C2) were obtained along with the 1D polymer [Cd2Cl2(ppt)4](CdCl4)·4DMF (6) (P1) with ppt = (4-phenoxyphenyl)-1,2,4-triazole. 1D chains of the formula [ZnCl2(tpca)] (7) (P21/c) and [HgBr2(tpca)] (8) (P21/c) along with the 2D net [Cd(tpca)2(H2O)2]·2H2O (C2/c) (9) with tpca = N-(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)pyridine-3-carboxamide were obtained. In addition, the X-ray structures of tpca and ppt are described. All compounds display solid-state blue luminescence, which has been investigated in detail. Electrochemical synthesis of 2, which has been rarely applied for MOF synthesis, revealed hollow particles.
Benaissa, H., Wolff, M., Robeyns, K., Knör, G., Van Hecke, K., Campagnol, N., Fransaer, J., & Garcia, Y. (2019). Syntheses, Crystal Structures, Luminescent Properties, and Electrochemical Synthesis of Group 12 Element Coordination Polymers with 4-Substituted 1,2,4-Triazole Ligands. Crystal Growth & Design, 19(9), 5292-5307. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00734 (Original work published 2019)