2H-N.M.R. studies of flexibility and orientational order in nematic liquid crystals

Deuteron magnetic resonance spectroscopy (²H-N.M.R.) has been used to investigate the effect of the nematic environment on the flexibility and orientational order of two perdeuteriated cyanobiphenyl homologues: 4-methyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl (1CB-d₁₁) and 4-n-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl (5CB-d₁₉). The systems studied were low concentrations of 1CB-d₁₁ and 5CB-d₁₉ dissolved in the nematic phases of 5CB, N-(-4-ethoxybenzylidene)-4'-n-butylaniline (EBBA), Merck ZLI-1132 (1132) and a 55wt% mixture of 1132: EBBA. The spectra are dramatically different in these environments. Previous studies on small solutes have suggested that in the 55wt% 1132: EBBA mixture (at 301.4 K) the dominant orienting mechanism depends on the size and shape of the molecule which suggests that it is a short range repulsive interaction. This interaction has been modelled by treating the liquid crystal as an elastic continuum and the solute as a collection of van der Waals spheres which stretch the liquid crystal in the two dimensions perpendicular to the director. The distortion of the liquid crystal depends on the dimensions of the solute, and the elastic energy is described in terms of a Hooke's law force constant, k. The model is extended to include flexible liquid crystal molecules and quadrupolar couplings are calculated for each conformation of the 5CB chain. Statistical averaging over all conformations gives an excellent fit to the experimental spectrum. The results for 1CB and 5CB show that in the other nematic phases contributions from additional mechanisms must be included. Previous studies of ²H₂ and other solutes indicate that the additional mechanism is the interaction between the solute molecular quadrupole moment and the mean electric field gradient of the liquid crystal.     

2H-N.M.R. studies of flexibility and orientational order in nematic liquid crystals

Abstract

Deuteron magnetic resonance spectroscopy (²H-N.M.R.) has been used to investigate the effect of the nematic environment on the flexibility and orientational order of two perdeuteriated cyanobiphenyl homologues: 4-methyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl (1CB-d ₁₁) and 4-n-pentyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl (5CB-d ₁₉). The systems studied were low concentrations of 1CB-d ₁₁ and 5CB-d ₁₉ dissolved in the nematic phases of 5CB, N-(-4-ethoxybenzylidene)-4′-n-butylaniline (EBBA), Merck ZLI-1132 (1132) and a 55wt% mixture of 1132: EBBA. The spectra are dramatically different in these environments. Previous studies on small solutes have suggested that in the 55wt% 1132: EBBA mixture (at 301.4 K) the dominant orienting mechanism depends on the size and shape of the molecule which suggests that it is a short range repulsive interaction. This interaction has been modelled by treating the liquid crystal as an elastic continuum and the solute as a collection of van der Waals spheres which stretch the liquid crystal in the two dimensions perpendicular to the director. The distortion of the liquid crystal depends on the dimensions of the solute, and the elastic energy is described in terms of a Hooke's law force constant, k. The model is extended to include flexible liquid crystal molecules and quadrupolar couplings are calculated for each conformation of the 5CB chain. Statistical averaging over all conformations gives an excellent fit to the experimental spectrum. The results for 1CB and 5CB show that in the other nematic phases contributions from additional mechanisms must be included. Previous studies of ²H₂ and other solutes indicate that the additional mechanism is the interaction between the solute molecular quadrupole moment and the mean electric field gradient of the liquid crystal.     

Liquid crystal proton N.M.R. spectral analysis by numerical calculation

We offer an approximate method with which to calculate proton N.M.R. spectra generally caused by dipole-dipole interactions. The method consists of subdividing the spin system of the liquid crystal molecule into interacting blocks. The spectrum of each block is calculated exactly. The interaction between spins of different blocks is calculated approximately. The method is compared with the known methods using 4-n-pentyl-d₁₁-4'-cyanobiphenyl (5CB-d₁₁) and 4,4'-dimeth-oxyazoxybenzene (PAA) as examples.     

Raman spectroscopic characterization of high temperature MGaCl8 (M = Nb, Ta) dinuclear molecular complexes in the liquid and gaseous state

Raman spectra were obtained at temperatures 375–650 K and pressures up to 4 atm from GaCl₃-NbCl₅ and GaCl₃-TaCl₅ binary mixtures in the liquid and vapour state. The data indicate formation of NbGaCl₈ and TaGaCl₈ liquid and vapour dinuclear addition complexes. The spectra were interpreted in terms of a C_2ν configuration for the MGaCl₈ (M = Nb, Ta) molecules consisting of a MCl₆ octahedron sharing an edge with a GaCl₄ tetrahedron. A comparison of the spectral features of 1 : 1 GaCl₃-NbCl₅ and GaCl₃-TaCl₅ molten mixtures with the spectra of the corresponding polycrystalline samples indicates that the proposed identity for the complexes is maintained in all three phases. The NbGaCl₈ and TaGaCl₈ complexes exist in the liquid state in a wide temperature range beyond their melting points (125 and 150°C, respectively) and are shown to undergo dissociation to their components [Nb₂Cl₁₀(1)/NbCl₅(1), Ga₂Cl₆(1) and Ta₂Cl₁₀(1)/TaCl₅(1)] with increasing temperature. Both complex molecules are identified in the gaseous state in low percentages among the vapours of their components and are almost totally decomposed at temperatures higher than ca 325°C. The enthalpy of the reaction TaCl₅(g) +1/2Ga₂Cl₆(g) TaGaCl₈(g) was determined from accurate relative Raman intensity measurements as ΔH⁰ = −38±2 kJ mol⁻¹.     

NMR field-cycling study of proton and deuteron spin relaxation in the nematic liquid crystal 4-n-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl

NMR field-cycling measurements of the deuteron spin relaxation dispersion T₁(v) for the fully deuteriated nematic liquid crystal 4-n-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl (5CB-d₁₉) over a broader Larmor frequency range (v≈10 kHz to 30 MHz) than reported so far in the literature basically confirm the magnetic relaxation mechanisms previously observed by frequency dependent proton spin studies of various nematogenic molecules, namely collective nematic modes of the director field in the kilohertz regime, and anisotropic reorientations of individual molecules (mainly self-diffusion for the protons and mainly rotations about the long axis for the deuterons) in the megahertz range. Within the experimental error limits such a model allows a self-consistent interpretation of the available deuteron and proton T₁(v) results for deuteriated or protonated 5CB, respectively. In particular, the magnitudes of the measured order fluctuation contributions are in approximate accordance, i.e. within a factor of less than two, with theoretical estimates from NMR line splittings and the relevant material parameters. More exact and more extensive deuteron studies are needed to locate the origin of the observed minor inconsistency.     

Structural and theoretical studies of Xe(OChF5)2 and [XeOChF5][AsF6] (Ch = Se, Te)

The XeOSeF₅⁺ cation has been synthesized for the first time and characterized in solution by ¹⁹F, ⁷⁷Se and ¹²⁹Xe NMR spectroscopy and in the solid state by X-ray crystallography and Raman spectroscopy with AsF₆⁻ as its counter anion. The X-ray crystal structures of the tellurium analogue and of the Xe(OChF₅)₂ derivatives have also been determined: [XeOChF₅][AsF₆] crystallize in tetragonal systems, P4/n, a=6.1356(1) Å, c=13.8232(2) Å, V=520.383(14) Å³, Z=2 and R₁=0.0453 at −60°C (Te) and a=6.1195(7) Å, c=13.0315(2) Å, V=488.01(8) Å³, Z=2 and R₁=0.0730 at −113°C (Se); Xe(OTeF₅)₂ crystallizes in a monoclinic system, P2₁/c, a=10.289(2) Å, b=9.605(2) Å, c=10.478(2) Å, β=106.599(4)°, V=992.3(3) Å³, Z=4 and R₁=0.0680 at −127°C; Xe(OSeF₅)₂ crystallizes in a triclinic system, , a=8.3859(6) Å, c=12.0355(13) Å, V=732.98(11) Å³, Z=3 and R₁=0.0504 at −45°C. The energy minimized geometries and vibrational frequencies of the XeOChF₅⁺ cations and Xe(OChF₅)₂ were calculated using density functional theory, allowing for definitive assignments of their experimental vibrational spectra.     

The temperature dependence of the two positronium bubble states in liquid SF6

Positron lifetime measurements have been performed on liquid SF₆ in the temperature range from −45°C to 71°C (T_c = 45.65°C). The positron lifetime spectra were resolved into four lifetime components. In the order of increasing lifetimes the four lifetime components are associated with the decay of para-positronium (p-Ps), free positrons, ortho-positronium (o-Ps) from a small bubble state, and o-Ps from a large bubble state. The lifetime of o-Ps annihilating from the large bubble state τ₄ increases from 5.7 ns at −45°C to 19.5 ns at 53°C. The lifetime of o-Ps annihilating from the small bubble state τ₃ was found to be 2–2.5 ns in the main part of the temperature range studied. Apparently, this is the first observation of two different o-Ps states in a liquid. The intensity I₄ (I₃) increases (decreases) from 16.9% (16%) at −45°C to 47.2% (6.4%) at the critical point while above I₃ and I₄ are essentially temperature independent. The large Ps bubble state seems to be similar to the Ps bubble state found in most liquids.     

Fluorescence of CF2(B1, 040,K'' = 9) excited by the 253.7 nm Hg resonance line

Resonance fluorescence spectra of CF₂(¹B₁, 040, K' = 9) excited at 253 7 nm have been observed in the photolysis of C₂F₄ using a low-pressure mercury lamp. At low C₂F₄ pressures, the spectra with a series of doublet hands from 254 to 400 nm were consistent with the transitions from ¹B₁, 040, K'=9 to ¹A₁, 0v'₂0, K' = 8, 10, and also to ¹A₁, 1v'₂0, K' = 8, 10 The appearance of doublet bands (Δ K = ±1) provides clear evidence that the transition is of the perpendicular type.     

Ab initio structural trends and torsional sensitivity in n-hexane and comparisons with crystallographic structural results

The molecular structures of n-hexane were determined by RHF/4-21G ab initio geometry optimization at 30° grid points in its three-dimensional τ₁(C11–C8–C5–C1), τ₂(C14–C11–C8–C5), τ₃(C17–C14–C11–C8) conformational space. Of the resulting 12×12×12=1728 grid structures, 468 are symmetrically non-equivalent and were optimized constraining the torsions τ₁, τ₂, and τ₃ to the respective grid points, while all other structural parameters were relaxed without any constraints. From the results, complete parameter surfaces were constructed using natural cubic spline functions, which make it possible to calculate parameter gradients, |P|=[(∂P/∂τ_i)²+(∂P/∂τ_j)²]^1/2, where P is a C–C bond length or C–C–C angle. The parameter gradients provide an effective measure of the torsional sensitivity of the system and indicate that dynamic activities in one part of the molecule can significantly affect the density of states, and thus the contributions to vibrational entropy, in another part. This opens the possibility of dynamic entropic conformational steering in complex molecules; i.e. the generation of free energy contributions from dynamic effects of one part of a molecule on another. When the conformational trends in the calculated C–C bond lengths and C–C–C angles are compared with average parameters taken from some 900 crystallographic structures containing n-hexyl fragments or longer C–C bond sequences, some correlation between calculated and experimental trends in angles is found, in contrast to the bond lengths for which the two sets of data are in complete disagreement. The results confirm experiences often made in crystallography. That is, effects of temperature, crystal structure and packing, and molecular volume effects are manifested more clearly in bond lengths than bond angles which depend mainly on intramolecular properties. Frequency analyses of the τ₁, τ₂ and τ₃ torsional angles in the crystal structures show conformational steering in the sense that, if τ₁ is trans peri-planar (170°≤τ₁≤180°; −180°≤τ₁≤−170°), the values of τ₂ and τ₃ are clustered closely around the ideal gauche (±60°) and trans (±180°) positions. In contrast, when τ₁ is in the region (50°≤τ₁≤70°), there is a definite increase in the populations of τ₂ and τ₃ at −90 and −150°.     

Stability constants of some bivalent metal complexes of N-phenyl-o-tolylbenzohydroxamic acid

The stability constants of the Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺ and Mu²⁺ complexes of N-phenyl-o-methoxybenzohydroxamic acid at 30° in 50% v/v aqueous dioxan are: log K₁ 10·45, 8·16, 7·52, 6·33; log K₂ 8·90, 6·70, 6·01, 5·59 (for the ions in the order given).     

Atomic and molecular absorption spectra of indium in air-acetylene flame

Absorption spectra of both atomic and molecular species in the air-acetylene flame, which are produced when the aqueous solutions of indium dissolved in HNO₃, HF, HCl, HBr and HI were aspirated into the flame, have been investigated in the u.v. region. Numerous atomic absorption lines of indium have been observed in the absorption spectra. Most of these lines were previously listed only as emission lines. Those atomic lines have been ascribed to the electronic transitions from the ground states of 5p ²P_1/2⁰ and 5p ²P_3/2⁰ to the excited states such as ls ²S_1/2, md ²D_3/2, nd ²D_5/2, 4p^{2 4}P_1/2, 4p^{2 4}P_3/2 and 4p^{2 4}P_5/2, respectively, where 13 l 6 and 14 m,n 5. The molecular absorption bands for InF, InCl and InBr in the airacetylene flame have been also observed near 234 nm, 267 nm and 282 nm, respectively, as the electronic transition of ¹Σ⁺ → ¹Π₁ Those absorption bands show fine structures due to the molecular vibrations. The spectral parameters for the molecular vibrations have been obtained from the simulations of the observed spectra. The molecular absorption band for InI was not observed because of the decomposition of the molecule in the flame. In addition, the molecular absorption band for InO has been observed near 273 nm and those for NO near 205 and 215 nm.     

On the 6Πu state of Na2

The 6¹Π_u state of sodium dimer has been observed up to v = 53 in excitation spectra of the system, recorded by polarisation labelling spectroscopy technique. The Dunham coefficients are derived and the potential energy curve constructed by the inverted perturbation approach method. Equilibrium constants for the 6¹Π_u state of Na₂ are: T_e = 35446.06 ± 0.04 cm⁻¹ (with respect to the minimum of the electronic ground state), Y₁₀ = 111.388 ± 0.019 cm⁻¹, Y₀₁ = 0.112122 ± 0.000017 cm⁻¹.     

The effects of molecular reorientation on the absorption of intense light by organic-dye solutions

Equations are presented for the spectral and orientational distribution of unexcited dye molecules in the field of an intense giant laser pulse. The solute dye molecules are linear oscillators that may be broadened either homogeneously or inhomogeneously, and may reorient by sudden jumps over large angles or by small angular steps (brownian rotational motion). The equations are employed to analyze the intensity dependence of fluorescence polarization observed by Mourou and Denariez-Roberge for the system cryptocyanine-glycerin. Their data are consistent with an excited-state deactivation time T₁ = 0.4 ± 1.0 ns and a rotational diffusion constant D = 20/T₁ = 5.0 × 10⁹ s⁻¹     

Light scattering from a nematic monodomain in an electric field Twist elastic constant and viscosity coefficient of nematic polymer-solvent mixtures

The light scattering technique was used to investigate the viscoelastic parameters characterizing director twist distortions in miscible nematic mixtures of 5CB (pentacyanobiphenyl) with two side chain liquid crystal polymers and a main chain liquid crystal polymer. By applying an AC electric field to homeotropically-aligned nematic monodomains of the mixtures, the field-dependent scattering intensities and director orientation fluctuation relaxation rates yield, respectively, the twist elastic constant K₂₂ and viscosity coefficient γ₁. The results directly demonstrate that the addition of liquid crystal polymers causes substantial decreases of the relaxation rates for dynamic light scattering from the twist mode and these changes are due to small decreases in K₂₂ coupled with large increases in γ₁. The decrements in K₂₂ are comparable for both side chain and main chain liquid crystal polymers. The relative increase in the twist viscosity for the side chain liquid crystal polymers is much smaller than those of main chain polymers. A theoretical model is used to qualitatively interpret the difference between the viscous behaviour of the twist mode for both side chain and main chain liquid crystal polymers in a nematic solvent.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of two novel nickel (imidazole) complexes having hydrogen-bonded networks

Two nickel (imidazole) complexes, Ni(im)₆Cl₂·4H₂O (1) and Ni(im)₆(NO₃)₂ (2) (im=imidazole) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV, TG and single crystal X-ray diffraction. 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1 with a=8.800(6) Å, b=9.081(6) Å, c=10.565(7) Å, =75.058(9)°, β=83.143(8)°, γ=61.722(8)°, V=718.3(8) Å³, Z=1 and R₁ (wR₂)=0.0469 (0.1497). 2 crystallizes in the trigonal space group R-3 with a=12.370(6) Å, b=12.370(6) Å, c=14.782(14) Å, =90.00°, β=90.00°, γ=120.00°, V=1959(2) Å³, Z=3 and R₁ (wR₂)=0.0358 (0.0955). 1 and 2 exhibit different supramolecular network due to their different counter anions and different hydrogen bonding connection. In compound 1, [Ni(im)₆]²⁺ cation and counter anions Cl⁻ alternatively array in an ABAB fashion via N–HCl hydrogen bonding. In compound 2, the plane of each NO₃²⁻ is almost parallel and each NO₃²⁻ connect three different [Ni(im)₆]²⁺ cations via N–HO hydrogen bonding.     

Flow injection analysis methods for determination of diffusion coefficients

Two flow injection analyses (FIA) methods for the determination of diffusion coefficients in a straight single tube FIA system were developed. Based on the analytical solution of the convection-diffusion equation, linear relationships of the logarithmic values of the dispersion coefficient (D) and the half-peak width (W_1/2) with the diffusion coefficient (D_m) were obtained. Experiments were designed to verify these methods. For example, for potassium hexacyanoferrate (III) a D_m value of 0.72 × 10⁵ cm² s⁻¹ was found versus a literature value of 0.76 × 10⁵ cm² s⁻¹ (error, 5%). For potassium hexacyanoferrate (II) a D_m value of 0.67 × 10⁵ cm² s⁻¹ was obtained versus a literature value of 0.63 × 10⁵ cm² s⁻¹ (error, 6%). The diffusion coefficients of some important biomedical compounds, such as dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine and ascorbic acid, were then determined. The values of 10⁵ D_m/cm² s⁻¹ are 0.60 ± 0.03, 0.44 ± 0.02, 0.60 ± 0.01 and 0.68 ± 0.06, respectively.     

Photochemical synthesis and structural characterization of (η-C5Me5)3Mo3(CO)4(μ2-H)(μ3-O): an unprecedented 46-electron trimolybdenum cluster containing a localized monoprotonated Mo---Mo double bond

Irradiation of the 30-electron Mo₂(η⁵-C₅Me₅)₂(CO)₄ and Re₂(CO)₁₀ in toluene solution (containing H₂O) afforded (in 1–2% yields) a novel triangular metal cluster, (η⁵-C₅Me₅)₃Mo₃(CO)₄(η₂-H)(η₃-O) (1), which was characterized by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. Compound 1, of pseudo C_s-m symmetry, has a triangulo-Mo₃(η₃-O) core with composite Mo---H---Mo and Mo---Mo electron-pair bonds along one unusually short edge (2.660(1) Å) and Mo--- electron-pair bonds along the other two edges (2.916(1) and 2.917(1) Å). The edge-bridged hydride ligand, which displays a characteristic high-field proton NMR resonance at δ −17.79 ppm, was not found from the crystallographic determination but was located via a quantitative potential-energy-minimization method. This procedure unambiguously established that the optimized hydrogen position, which corresponds to a distinct coordination site with identical Mo---H distances of 1.85 Å, is the only one that can be sterically occupied by a metal-bound hydride ligand. This 46-electron species is the first electron-deficient trimolybdenum cluster containing a monoprotonated Mo---Mo double bond; its existence is attributed to ligand overcrowding due to the bulky pentamethylcyclopentadienyl rings. Black (η⁵- C₅Me₅)₃Mo₃(CO)₄(η₂-H)(η₃-O) · 1/2THF crystallizes with two formula species in a triclinic unit cell of P1 symmetry with a 8.603(4), b 11.115(4), c 19.412(11) Å, 80.69(4)°, β 101.10(4)°, and γ 98.88(3)° at −40° C. Least-squares refinement (RAELS with 221 variables) of one independent Mo₃ molecule and a centrosymmetrically-disordered THF molecule converged at R₁(F) 5.62%, R₂(F 6.88% for 8460 independent diffractometry data (I₀ ρ 3σ(I₀ collected at −40° C with Mo-K radiation     

L-subshell Coster-Kronig yields measured with synchrotron radiation

The synchrotron photoionization method was applied to measure L-subshell Coster-Kronig yields. This method is based on the capability of tuning the energy of the synchrotron photons producing a selective subshell ionization. Two foil samples of Yb and Ta were irradiated and their characteristic spectra were recorded. Data were analyzed using a new formalism (based on a matrix representation) for expressing X-ray fluorescence intensities involving Coster-Kronig transitions. The results obtained in this work are f₁₂ = 0.249 ± 0.021, f₁₃ = 0.408 ± 0.055 and f₂₃ = 0.186 ± 0.040 for Yb, and f₁₂ = 0.168 ± 0.039, f₁₃ = 0.322 ± 0.072 and f₂₃ = 0161 ± 0.053 for Ta. These data are very reliable and represent a valuable information for spectroscopists, considering the lack of data for L-shell parameters.     

Interconversion kinetics and ordering of 1,4- and 1,1-dimethylcyclohexane in liquid-crystalline solutions by 1D and 2D deuterium NMR

Deuterium NMR spectra of perdeuteriated 1,4-dimethylcyclohexane-d₁₆ and 1,1-dimethylcyclohexane-d₁₆ dissolved in the nematic solvent ZLI 2452 are reported for the temperature range -40 to +80°C. Between -30 and +60°C the spectra exhibit characteristic exchange broadening and coalescence due to the ring inversion process. In the extreme slow exchange regime, peak assignment and determination of relative signs of the deuterium quadrupole interactions were made using 2D exchange spectroscopy and structural parameters derived from molecular mechanics calculations. In the intermediate temperature range the lineshapes were interpreted quantitatively in terms of the ring interconversion kinetics yielding the kinetic equations, k = 1.38 × 10¹³ exp (-45.2/RT)s^-1 for 1,4-dimethylcyclohexane, and k = 4.05 × 10¹³ exp (-49.0/RT)s^-1 for 1,1-dimethylcyclohexane, where R is in kJ mol^-1. The complete ordering matrix of both compounds was determined over the whole temperature range of the measurements.     

2, 4, 6-三甲基苯甲酸与5, 5'-二甲基-2, 2'-联吡啶构筑的系列镧系超分子配合物的晶体结构、热分解机理和性能

Six ternary lanthanide complexes formulated as [Ln(2, 4, 6-TMBA)₃(5, 5'-DM-2, 2'-bipy)]₂ (Ln = Pr 1, Nd 2, Sm 3, Eu 4, Gd 5, Dy 6; 2, 4, 6-TMBA = 2, 4, 6-trimethylbenzoate; 5, 5'-DM-2, 2'-bipy = 5, 5'-dimethyl-2, 2'-bipyridine) have been synthesized under solvothermal conditions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, etc. The results of crystal diffraction analysis show that complexes 1–6 are binuclear units, crystallizing in the triclinic Pī space group. Complexes 1–5 are isostructural, and each of the central metal ions has a coordination number of 9. The asymmetric unit of complexes 1–5 consists of one Ln³⁺, one 5, 5'-DM-2, 2'-bipy ligand, and three 2, 4, 6-TMBA^- moieties with three coordination modes: chelation bidentate, bridging bidentate, and bridging tridentate. The coordination geometry of Ln³⁺ is distorted monocapped square antiprismatic. The binuclear units of complexes 1–5 form a one-dimensional (1D) supramolecular chain along the c-axis via π–π stacking interactions between the 2, 4, 6-trimethylbenzoic acid rings. The 1D chains are linked to form a supramolecular two-dimensional (2D) sheet in the bc plane via π–π stacking interactions between the pyridine rings. Although the molecular formulae of complex 6 and complexes 1–5 are similar, the coordination environment of the lanthanide ions is different in the two cases. The asymmetric unit of complex 6 contains a Dy³⁺ ion coordinated by a bidentate 5, 5'-DM-2, 2'-bipy and three 2, 4, 6-TMBA^- ligands adopting bidentate and bridging bidentate coordination modes. The Dy³⁺ metal center has a coordination number of 8, with distorted square antiprismatic molecular geometry. The binuclear molecule of 6 is assembled into a six-nuclear unit by π–π weak staking interactions between two 5, 5'-DM-2, 2'-bipy ligands; then, adjacent six-nuclear units form a 1D chain via offset π–π interactions between 5, 5'-DM-2, 2'-bipy ligands on different adjacent units. The adjacent 1D chains are linked by C―H···O hydrogen bonding interactions to form a 2D supramolecular structure. The thermal stability and thermal decomposition mechanism of all the complexes are investigated by the combination of thermogravimetry and infrared spectroscopy (TG/FTIR) techniques under a simulated air atmosphere in the temperature range of 298–973 K at a heating rate of 10 K·min^-1. Thermogravimetric studies show that this series of complexes have excellent thermal stability. During the thermal decomposition of the complex, the neutral ligand is lost first, followed by the acid ligand, and finally, the complex is decomposed into rare earth oxides. The three-dimensional infrared results are consistent with the thermogravimetric results. The photoluminescence spectra of complex 4 show the strong characteristic luminescence of Eu³⁺. The five typical emission peaks at 581, 591, 621, 651, and 701 nm correspond to the ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₀, ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₁, ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₂, ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₃, and ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₄ electronic transitions of Eu³⁺, respectively. The emission at 621 nm is due to the electric dipole transition ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₂, while that at 591 nm is assigned to the ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₁ the magnetic dipole transition. The lifetime (τ) of complex 4 is calculated as 1.15 ms based on the equation τ = (B₁τ₁² + B₂τ₂²))/(B₁τ₁ + B₂τ₂), and the intrinsic quantum yield is calculated to be 45.1%. Further, the magnetic properties of complex 6 in the temperature range of 2–300 K are studied under an applied magnetic field of 1000 Oe.