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Interesting structures of self-assembled gadolinium coordination polymers with tuned stoichiometric ratios

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Pages 191-205 | Received 15 Dec 2011, Accepted 07 Sep 2012, Published online: 21 Jan 2013
 

Abstract

Hydrothermal reactions of gadolinium(III) salts with 2,6-naphthalenedisulfonate (nds) and 1,10-phenanthroline with varying mole ratios led to five different compounds, {Gd(phen)(nds)(OH)} n (1), {[Gd2(phen)4(nds)3(H2O)2]·7H2O} n (2), {[Gd(phen)2(nds)0.5(OH)(H2O)]·0.5(nds)} n (3), {[Gd2(phen)4(nds)2(OH)2(H2O)2]·2H2O} n (4), and {[Gd(nds)(phen)(H2O)4]·0.5(nds)·(phen)·2H2O} n (5). In the case of 1, nds coordinates as η 2 μ 2η 2 μ 2 bridging ligand to adjacent dimers, leading to a three-dimensional network. In 2, nds bridges with each SO3 coordinated as a η 3 μ 1–bridging group, creating a two-dimensional polymer. For 3, 1-D infinite chains with dinuclear units connected by nds results in a 3-D framework based on hydrogen-bond interactions. 0-D 4 and 1-D 5 contain dinuclear clusters, which are further assembled into 3-D supramolecular networks via weak hydrogen bonds and aromatic packing interactions.

Acknowledgments

We are thankful for financial support from NSFC (Grants 20971047 and U0734005), Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Bureau (Grant 2008B010600009), and Key Research Program of Guangdong Provincial Universities Science and Technology innovation (Grant cxzd1020).

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