Coordination polymers and metallomacrocycles based on bis(pyridylcarbamate) ligands with flexible glycol spacers

Yana Xia, Shaoguang Li, Biao Wu*, Yanyan Liu, Xiao Juan Yang

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Abstract

Six metal-organic coordination polymers or metallomacrocycles, [Zn 2Cl4(L2)2]·3H2O (1), [Zn2Br4(L2)2]·0.5H 2O (2), {[Cu(L2)2(H2O) 2](NO3)2·4H2O·4CH 3OH}n (3), [Zn2Br4(L 3)2] (4), (ZnBr2L4)n (5) and (ZnBr2L5)n (6), were prepared from zinc(ii) or copper(ii) salts with flexible bis(pyridylcarbamate) ligands L2 to L5 [L2 = 3-pyridyl-carbamic-acid-oxydi-1,2- ethanediylester, L3 = 3-pyridinyl-carbamic-acid-1,2-ethanediyl- bis(oxy-2,1-ethanediyl)ester, L4 = 3-pyridinyl-carbamic-acid-1,3- propanediylester and L5 = 3-pyridinyl-carbamic-acid-1,4- butanediylester]. Compounds 1, 2 and 4 are hydrogen-bonded 3D porous nanotubular structures composed of metallomacrocycles. Compound 3 has a racemic framework formed by 2D homochiral layers. Compound 5 is a 1D meso-helical chain and 6 is a 1D linear chain, both of which are further connected by N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π-π interactions into 3D frameworks. The highly flexible bis(pyridylcarbamate) ligands show dramatically different conformations with various metal ions and counteranions, thus leading to the structural diversity of these complexes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5763-5772
Number of pages10
JournalCrystEngComm
Volume13
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Oct 2011
Externally publishedYes

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