The title compound, {[Zn
4(C
8H
4O
4)
3(OH)
2(C
12H
6N
2O
2)
2]·2H
2O}
n, has been prepared hydrothermally by the reaction of Zn(NO
3)
2·6H
2O with benzene‐1,4‐dicarboxylic acid (H
2bdc) and 1,10‐phenanthroline‐5,6‐dione (pdon) in H
2O. In the crystal structure, a tetranuclear Zn
4(OH)
2 fragment is located on a crystallographic inversion centre which relates two subunits, each containing a [ZnN
2O
4] octahedron and a [ZnO
4] tetrahedron bridged by a μ
3‐OH group. The pdon ligand chelates to zinc through its two N atoms to form part of the [ZnN
2O
4] octahedron. The two crystallographically independent bdc
2− ligands are fully deprotonated and adopt μ
3‐κ
O:κ
O′:κ
O′′ and μ
4‐κ
O:κ
O′:κ
O′′:κ
O′′′ coordination modes, bridging three or four Zn
II cations, respectively, from two Zn
4(OH)
2 units. The Zn
4(OH)
2 fragment connects six neighbouring tetranuclear units through four μ
3‐bdc
2− and two μ
4‐bdc
2− ligands, forming a three‐dimensional framework with uninodal 6‐connected α‐Po topology, in which the tetranuclear Zn
4(OH)
2 units are considered as 6‐connected nodes and the bdc
2− ligands act as linkers. The uncoordinated water molecules are located on opposite sides of the Zn
4(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 μ
4‐bdc
2− ligands.
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