Synthesis,crystal structures and catalytic properties of three-dimensional nickel(II) and manganese(II) coordination polymers with dicarboxylate and semi-rigid bis(imidazole) ligands

Two coordination polymers (CPs), namely Ni(L)(chdc)] _n (1) and Mn(L)(ndc)(H₂O)] _n (2) (L = 4,4′-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)biphenyl, H₂chdc = 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, H₂ndc = 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid), have been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by physicochemical and spectroscopic methods and also by single-crystal diffraction. Both CPs feature 3D-diamond-like networks with point symbol of 6⁶; CP-1 displays a 2-fold interpenetrated net, while CP-2 presents a non-interpenetrated framework. The thermal stabilities, solid-state luminescence properties and catalytic activities of both CPs for degradation of methyl orange in a Fenton-like process were investigated.