Two New Zn(Ⅱ) and Co(Ⅱ) Coordination Polymers Constructed by 4-Bromobenzoic Acid and 1,4-Bis(imidazol-1-yl)-butane: Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Theoretical Calculations

Two new coordination polymers, [Zn(bba)_2(bib)]_(2n)(1) and [Co_(0.5)(bba)(bib)_(0.5)]_(2n)(2)(Hbba = 4-bromobenzoic acid, bib = 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-yl)-butane), have been hydrothermally designed and synthesized, and their structures were determined by elemental analyses, IR spectroscopy, TG, fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray single-crystal and powder diffraction. Complexes 1 and 2 both belong to the monoclinic system and exhibit one-dimensional zigzag chain-like structure. In addition, we analyzed Natural Bond Orbital(NBO) in using the PBE0/LANL2 DZ method built in Gaussian 03 Program. The calculation results indicated the obvious covalent interaction between the coordinated atoms and Zn(Ⅱ), Co(Ⅱ) ions.