J. Wang, H. You
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2.1. Syntheses of the Metal Complexes
2.1.1. Synthesis of [Zn(1,4-ndc)(L1)] (1)
A mixture of 1,4-ndc (0.216 g, 1 mmol), L1 (0.15 g, 1 mmol), ZnCl2
(0.136 g, 1 mmol), NaOH (0.08 g, 2.00 mmol), and H2O (12 mL) was
stirred for 1 h and afterwards sealed in a 25 mL Teflon-lined stainless
steel container. The container was heated at 140 °C for 3 days. After
slow cooling, colorless block crystals of 1 were yielded along with
some unidentified yellow powder. The crystalline samples of 1 were
picked for the analysis in ca. 52 % yield. The product was initially
characterized by elemental analyses and ICP and the data were as fol-
lows: found C 59.21; H 3.67; N 6.45; Zn 15.59 %; anal. calcd: C
3. Results and Discussion
3.1 Descriptions of Crystal Structures
3.1.1 Structure of [Zn(1,4-ndc)(L1)] (1)
59.52; H 3.33; N 6.61; O 15.10; Zn 15.43 %. IR (KBr): ν = 3744 (w),
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3112 (w), 2853(w), 1610 (m), 1562 (s), 1350 (m), 1224 (m), 1121 (m),
X-ray single crystal diffraction revealed that complex 1 has
a 2D layer structure. The asymmetric unit consists of one
zinc(II) ion, one 1,4-ndc ligand, and one unique L1 ligand. As
shown in Figure 1, the ZnII atom shows a distorted {ZnNO4}
square pyramidal arrangement, which is coordinated by one
nitrogen atom (N1) from one L1 ligand, and four carboxylate
oxygen atoms (O2A, O3A, and O4A) from three different 1,4-
ndc anions. The Zn–O and Zn–N distances range from 1.974
to 2.015 Å, which are similar to the reported values. Both car-
boxylate groups of 1,4-ndc ligand are deprotonated during the
reaction and the ligand adopts a bidentate bridging mode to
link two zinc ions. In this mode, each 1,4-ndc anion links two
neighboring ZnII cations with carboxylate groups to generate a
2D layer structure (Figure 2). The L1 ligands are attached on
both sides of the layers. From the topological view, if the dinu-
clear ZnII ions are considered as four-connected nodes, com-
pound 1 shows a 2D (4,4) topological network. Further, the
resulting (4,4) networks are packed in a parallel fashion (Fig-
ure 3). The adjacent layers are further connected through inter-
molecular N–H···O hydrogen bonds (N2–H2···O4 2.764(4) Å)
to extend the 2D layers in to a 3D supramolecular framework.
833 (m), 783 (w) cm–1.
2.1.2 Synthesis of [Zn(1,4-ndc)(L2)]·0.25H2O (2)
Complex 2 was obtained by a similar procedure to that used for prepa-
ration of 1 except for using L2 (0.185 g, 1 mmol) instead of L1 as
starting material. Colorless block crystals of 2 were manually isolated
and washed with water several times in 39 % yield. Elemental analyses
and ICP data were as follows: found: C 55.21; H 4.54; N 11.60; Zn
13.97 %; anal. calcd: C 55.71; H 4.36; N 11.82; O 14.34; Zn 13.78 %.
IR (KBr): ν = 3742 (w), 3103 (w), 2930 (w), 1650 (s), 1614 (m), 1363
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(m), 1318 (m), 1223 (m), 822 (w), 791 (m) cm–1.
2.2. X-ray Crystallography
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data for compounds 1 and 2 were re-
corded with a Bruker Apex CCD diffractometer with graphite-mono-
chromated Mo-Kα radiation (λ = 0.71073 Å) at 293 K. Absorption cor-
rections were applied using multi-scan technique. All the structures
were solved by Direct Methods with SHELXS-97[8] and refined by
full-matrix least-squares techniques using SHELXL-97[9] within
WINGX. Non-hydrogen atoms were refined with anisotropic tempera-
ture parameters. The disordered carboxylate oxygen atoms (O4 and
O4') in compound 2 were refined using oxygen atoms split over two
sites, with a total occupancy of 1. The hydrogen atoms attached to 3.1.2 Structure of [Zn(1,4-ndc)(L2)]·0.25H2O (2)
carbons were generated geometrically; the aqua hydrogen atoms of 2
were not located from difference Fourier maps.
To study the influence of the arrangement and flexibility of
imidazole ligands in the formation of the final structures, the
ligand L2 was selected to react with 1,4-ndc under similar syn-
thetic conditions, and a structurally different complex [Zn(1,4-
ndc)(L2)]·0.25H2O (2) was obtained. X-ray single crystal dif-
fraction revealed that complex 2 shows an unusual 3D fourfold
interpenetrating diamond structure. The asymmetric unit con-
sists of one zinc ion, one 1,4-ndc ligand and two half L2 li-
gands. As illustrated in Figure 4, each central ZnII atom is co-
ordinated by two oxygen atoms (Zn–O 2.199(3)–2.211(3) Å)
of two different 1,4-ndc anions and two nitrogen atoms (Zn–
N 2.198(4)–2.231(4) Å) of two different L2 ligands to furnish
a disordered tetrahedral arrangement.
Notably, the coordination mode of 1,4-ndc in 2 is entirely
different from that in 1. Each carboxylate group connects one
ZnII atom in monodentate mode to form a 1D zigzag chain.
Further, the L2 ligands link the chains to generate an expanded
diamond net. Figure 5a,b shows a single cage delimited by
four cyclohexane-like windows in chair conformations. Water
molecules are found in the adamantane cages of the network.
As shown in Figure 6, the hexagonal channels of
Detailed crystallographic data and structure refinement parameters for
1 and 2 are summarized in Table 1, and selected bond length and bond
angle data are summarized in Table 2.
Table 1. Crystal data and structure refinements for compounds 1 and 2.
1
2
Formula
Molecular weight
Crystal system
Space group
a /Å
C21H14N2O4Zn C22H20.5N4O4.25Zn
423.71
474.29
Orthorhombic
Pbca
Monoclinic
C2/c
16.6595(6)
12.7896(5)
17.4093(6)
17.779(4)
18.305(4)
15.540(4)
123.389(4)
4222.9(18)
8
b /Å
c /Å
β /°
V /Å3
3709.4(2)
8
1.055
0.0385
0.0615
Z
GOF
1.042
R1 [I > 2σ(I)]a)
0.0549
0.1598
wR2 (all data)b)
a) R1 = Σ||Fo|–|Fc||/Σ|Fo|. b) wR2 = |Σw(|Fo|2–|Fc|2)|/Σ|w(Fo ) |
2 2 1/2.
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