A three‐dimensional coordination polymer based on the Zn4(μ3‐OH)2 unit: poly[[(μ4‐benzene‐1,4‐dicarboxylato)bis(μ3‐benzene‐1,4‐dicarboxylato)bis(μ3‐hydroxido)bis(1,10‐phenanthroline‐5,6‐dione)tetrazinc] dihydrate] |
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| Authors: | Meng Wen Zu‐Ping Xiao Chun‐Ya Wang Xi‐He Huang |
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| Abstract: | The title compound, {Zn4(C8H4O4)3(OH)2(C12H6N2O2)2]·2H2O}n, has been prepared hydrothermally by the reaction of Zn(NO3)2·6H2O with benzene‐1,4‐dicarboxylic acid (H2bdc) and 1,10‐phenanthroline‐5,6‐dione (pdon) in H2O. In the crystal structure, a tetranuclear Zn4(OH)2 fragment is located on a crystallographic inversion centre which relates two subunits, each containing a ZnN2O4] octahedron and a ZnO4] tetrahedron bridged by a μ3‐OH group. The pdon ligand chelates to zinc through its two N atoms to form part of the ZnN2O4] octahedron. The two crystallographically independent bdc2? ligands are fully deprotonated and adopt μ3‐κO:κO′:κO′′ and μ4‐κO:κO′:κO′′:κO′′′ coordination modes, bridging three or four ZnII cations, respectively, from two Zn4(OH)2 units. The Zn4(OH)2 fragment connects six neighbouring tetranuclear units through four μ3‐bdc2? and two μ4‐bdc2? ligands, forming a three‐dimensional framework with uninodal 6‐connected α‐Po topology, in which the tetranuclear Zn4(OH)2 units are considered as 6‐connected nodes and the bdc2? ligands act as linkers. The uncoordinated water molecules are located on opposite sides of the Zn4(OH)2 unit and are connected to it through hydrogen‐bonding interactions involving hydroxide and carboxylate groups. The structure is further stabilized by extensive π–π interactions between the pdon and μ4‐bdc2? ligands. |
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| Keywords: | three‐dimensional coordination polymer tetranuclear zinc polymer crystal structure benzene‐1 4‐dicarboxylic acid 1 10‐phenanthroline‐5 6‐dione α ‐Po topology polynuclear metal clusters pcu net |
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