Synthesis, characterization, and properties of four lanthanide-based coordination polymers with mixed ligands of 4-((4′-carboxybenzyl)oxy)benzoic acid and oxalic acid

Abstract

A series of lanthanide-based coordination polymers (Ln₂(CBOB)₂(OX)·H₂O, where Ln = Gd (1), Eu (2), Pr (3), and Tb (4); CBOB = 4-[(4′-carboxybenzyl)oxy]benzoate; OX = oxalate), were obtained from the reaction of H₂OX, H₂CBOB, and Ln(NO₃)₃ with the metal salts. Single-crystal measurements show that both 1 and 2 feature unique 3-D structures with the [Ln(COO)_n(C₂O₄)_m] layers connected by CBOB ligands. Moreover, 1, 3, and 4 are antiferromagnetic and 2 and 4 display obvious luminescence emission peaks. Furthermore, quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations and the experimental results reveal that the magnetic coupling parameters of adjacent Gd(III) ions in 1 are −0.026(2) and −0.0069(3) cm^─1.

Keywords:

• Coordination polymer
• magnetic property
• luminescence
• QMC

Acknowledgement

We gratefully thank Prof. La-sheng Long of Xiamen University for kind help.