Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Properties of a Europium Complex with 3-Iodobenzoic Acid and 2,2＇-Bipyridine

The complex Eu（3-IBA）3·2,2＇-bipy]2 was synthesized from 3-iodobenzoic acid （3-HIBA）, 2,2＇-bipyridine （2,2‘-bipy） and EuCl3·6H2O by hydrothermal synthesis, and its crystal structure was determined by X-ray single-crystal diffraction. It is of triclinic, space group Pi, with a = 10.958（2）, b = 12.311（3）, c = 12.556（3） A, α = 81.549（3）, β = 82.404（4）, γ = 78.348（3）°, Mr = 1049.15, V= 1631.7（6） A3, Z = 1, Dc = 2.135 g/cm^3, F（000） = 980, 2（MoKa） = 0.71073 A,μ（MoKa） = 4.804 mm^-1, the final R = 0.0329 and wR = 0.0723 for 4640 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）. The Eu（Ⅲ） ion is eight-coordinated and two Eu（Ⅲ） ions are held together by four 3-iodobenzoate groups in the bidentate bridging mode. The complex was characterized by DTA-TG, IR, UV and fluorescence spectra.