Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two New Pentaborates Templated by Transition-Metal Complexes

Qin Meng, Guo Ming Wang, Huan He, Bai Feng Yang, Guo Yu Yang*

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Abstract

Two new pentaborates [M(dap)3][B5O6(OH)4]2·H2O (M = Co (1) and Ni (2); dap = 1,2-diaminopropane) have been hydrothermally synthesized. Both structures were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction and further characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, thermogravimetric analysis and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Two compounds are isostructural and consist of isolated pentaborate [B5O6(OH)4] anions and [M(dap)3]2+ complex cations. The anionic [B5O6(OH)4] groups are linked by extensive hydrogen bonds to form a 3-D supramolecular framework with large channels, in which the transition-metal complex templates are located. The luminescent properties of 1 and 2 were studied, and blue luminescence occurs with an emission maximum at 405 and 408 nm upon excitation at 332 and 328 nm respectively. Crystal data: 1, monoclinic, space group P21/c (No. 14), a = 9.7159(5) Å, b = 29.3372(19) Å, c = 11.5121(6) Å, β = 103.286(5)°, V = 3193.6(3) Å3, Z = 4; 2, monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 9.7264(4) Å, b = 29.3810(16) Å, c = 11.5185(6) Å, β = 103.249(4)°, V = 3204.0(3) Å3, Z = 4.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1295-1305
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Cluster Science
Volume25
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2014

Keywords

  • Borate clusters
  • Crystal structure
  • In situ
  • Solverthermal synthesis
  • Transition-metal complexes

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