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Construction, crystal structures, and luminescence properties of three coordination polymers from the same precursor, 4-(1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)benzonitrile

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Three coordination polymers based on different organic ligands, namely [Cu(bbn)2Cl] n (bbn = 4-(1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)benzonitrile, 1), [Zn(tpb)2] n (Htpb = 1-(4-(2H-tetrazol-5-yl)phenyl)-1H-benzimidazole, 2), and [Cd(bba)2(H2O)] n (Hbba = 4-(1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)benzoic acid, 3), were constructed from the same precursor, bbn. The bbn precursor remains unchanged in complex 1 but undergoes in situ reactions to give complexes 2 and 3 under different experimental conditions. Complex 1 is a 1D chain based on [CuCl] n chains and bbn ligands. Complex 2 has a 1D chain composed of [Zn2(tpb)2] subunits and tpb linkers. Complex 3 displays a twofold interpenetrating framework with dia topology. The results showed that the generation of different organic ligands from the same precursor via in situ reactions is a simple method for obtaining coordination polymer with diverse structures. The thermal stabilities and luminescent properties of selected compounds have been studied.

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Acknowledgments

We are thankful for financial support of this work provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of P. R. China (Grant No. 21473062), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2014M552190), the Pearl River in Guangzhou City of Nova Science and Technology Special Funded Projects (No. 2014J2200047) and Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (10351064101000000), the Undergraduates’ Innovating Experimentation Project of Guangdong Province, the Undergraduates’ Innovating Experimentation Project of South China Normal University, and the Students’ Extracurricular Scientific Research Project of South China Normal University.

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  3. School of Chemistry and Environment, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

    Shuang-Shuang Hou, Yinghong Chu, Jinghao Liang, Fen Zhang & Sheng-Run Zheng

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Zeng, R., Hou, SS., Chu, Y. et al. Construction, crystal structures, and luminescence properties of three coordination polymers from the same precursor, 4-(1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)benzonitrile. Transition Met Chem 40, 699–706 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11243-015-9964-8

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