One-dimensional Cu(II) coordination polymers: Tuning the structure by modulating the "carboxylate arm" lengths of polycarboxylate ligands

Ramadan Abuhmaiera, Yanhua Lan, Ayuk M. Ako, George E. Kostakis, Andreas Mavrantonakis, Wim Klopper, Rodolphe Clérac, Christopher E. Anson, Annie K. Powell

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Abstract

To understand the influence of the ligand on crystal growth, two new polycarboxylate ligands, 2-(carboxyphenyl)iminoacetic propanoic acid (H 3cpiap) and 2-(carboxyphenyl)iminodipropanoic acid (H 3cpidp), have been synthesized. The reaction of each with Cu(NO 3)2·3H2O under similar reaction conditions yields two 1D coordination polymers {[Cu3(cpiap) 2(H2O)3](-H2O)}n· 7nH2O (1) and [Cu(H2cpidp)2(H 2O)2]n·4nH2O (2), respectively. A T5(2) 1D water tape constructed from an edge-sharing cyclic pentamer has been observed in compound 1, in which the water chains interact with the 1D coordination polymer chains to form a 3D supramolecular binodal (5,8)-network through hydrogen-bonding interactions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1089-1096
Number of pages8
JournalCrystEngComm
Volume11
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

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