Structural diversity, magnetic property, or luminescence sensing of Co(ii) and Cd(ii) coordination polymers derived from designed 3,3'-((5-carboxy-1,3-phenylene)bis(oxy))dibenzoic acid.

Five novel coordination polymers (CPs), formulated as {[Co3(μ4-cpboda)2(μ1,1-OH2)2(2,2-bipy)2]·1.5DMF·2H2O}n (1), {[Co3(μ3-cpboda)2(4,4'-bpy)3(H2O)2]·4H2O}n (2), {[Co(μ2-H2cpboda)2(1,4-bib)3(H2O)2]·H2O·DMF·1.5HCOOH}n (3), [Cd(μ3-Hcpboda)(1,4-bib)]n (4), and {[Cd3(μ4-cpboda)2(μ1,1-OH2)2(phen)2]·2DMF·1.5H2O}n (5) (H3cpboda = 3,3'-((5-carboxy-1,3-phenylene)bis(oxy))dibenzoic acid, 2,2-bipy = 2,2-bipyridine, 4,4'-bpy = 4,4'-bipyridine, 1,4-bib = 1,4-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzene, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) have been synthesized under solvothermal conditions and characterized by elemental analyses (EAs), single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses, X-ray powder diffraction analyses (PXRD), FT-IR spectra, and thermogravimetric analyses (TGAs). The structural analyses reveal that these complexes have four 2D coordinate polymers and one 3D framework, in which metal ions are in octahedral coordination geometries in 1-3 and 5, but seven-coordinated disordered pentagonal bipyramids in 4. Complexes 1 and 5 represent linear trinuclear [M3(μ1,1-OH2)2(μ1,3-COO)4] SBUs in 1 (M = Co(ii)) and in 5 (M = Cd(ii)) based on a 3,4,6-connected net with a point symbol (32·4)2(32·83·9)2(34·42·82·94·103) net, complex 2 exhibiting a (3-c)2(4-c)(4-c)2 3D structure with the (52·6·82·9)2(52·62·92)(52·6)2 topology and complexes 3 and 4 having a novel 2D framework with the point symbol of (44·62). Magnetization analyses disclose the antiferromagnetic (AF) behaviors between Co(ii) ions in complexes 1 & 3 and S = 3/2 (Co2+) spin Heisenberg chains with alternating magnetic sequences (F/F/AF)n in 2. Fluorescence measurements indicate that 4 and 5 are promising luminescence sensors for the detection of CrO42- and Cr2O72- anions in aqueous solution.