Synthesis, structure, luminescence and catalytic properties of cadmium(ii) coordination polymers with 9H-carbazole-2,7-dicarboxylic acid

  • Xiu Chun Yi
  • , Meng Xuan Huang
  • , Yan Qi
  • , En Qing Gao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Two Cd(ii) metal-organic frameworks were synthesized from the NH-functionalized dicarboxylate ligand 9H-carbazole-2,7-dicarboxylic acid (2,7-H2CDC). Compound 1, [Cd4(CDC)4(DMF) 4]·4DMF·4H2O, displays 2D square grid networks based on novel tetranuclear [Cd4(COO)8] secondary building units (SBUs) and pairwise CDC2- linkers. Compound 2, (H3O)2[Cd3(2,7-CDC)4] ·3DMF·4H2O, is also based on 4-connected SBUs and pairwise CDC linkers, but the unusual trinuclear [Cd3(COO) 8] SBUs lead to 2-fold interpenetrated 3D diamond-type frameworks with guest accessible voids. Both compounds display strong blue fluorescence in the solid state, and compound 2 shows high catalytic activity for Knoevenagel condensation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3691-3697
Number of pages7
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume43
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Mar 2014

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