Abstract
A photoactive metal-organic complex [Zn2(BCbpe)2(p-DBC)2]·5H2O(1) has been synthesized based on an olefin-containing pyridinium compound, 1-(4-carboxybenzyl)-4-[2-(4-pyridyl)-vinyl] pyridinium chloride(HBCbpeCl), and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis, respectively. In the solid state, the BCbpe ligands are packed in a head-to-tail manner through weak cation-π interaction, undergoing a photo-induced cycloaddition quantitatively upon UV-light irradiation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 181-185 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Chemical Research in Chinese Universities |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2022 |
Keywords
- Pyridinium
- Solid-state photoreaction
- [2+2] cycloaddition