Exploratory syntheses,structures, and photoluminescent properties of three lead multi-dimensional frameworks

Three structurally diverse Pb^II coordination complexes, [Pb₃O(OH)(4-sphth)]₂(H₂O) (1), [Pb(3,5-Hdhb)]H₂O (2), and [Pb₃(4-nphth)₂(OH)₂] (3) (4-H₃sphth, 4-sulfophthalic acid; 3,5-H₂dhb, 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid; 4-H₂nphth, 4-nitrophthalic acid), were synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. X-ray diffraction analyses reveal that 1 is constructed from [Pb₄O₄] cubanes, based on which ladder-shaped structure is built via 4-H₃sphth bridge. This is the first Pb₄O₄-containing polymer. The Pb₂O₂ units in 2 are bridged by two parallel 3,5-HDHB ligands along the a-axis and two other parallel 3,5-HDHB ligands along the b-axis, forming a 3-D framework. For 3, the crystal structure is built up of a layer motif consisting of corner-sharing pyramidal Pb₃O units, which are linked through Pb corners to form a hexagonal unit. Each PbO₆ polyhedron is connected to three polyhedra (Pb₃O) via sharing an edge (two μ ₃-oxygen atoms) and two faces (three μ ₃-oxygen atoms), thus yielding an infinite 2-D Pb–O–Pb (3,6-net) honeycomb layer. The luminescence of 1–3 demonstrates that they may be good candidates for luminescent materials.