Temperature-/solvent-dependent low-dimensional compounds based on quinoline-2,3-dicarboxylic acid: Structures and fluorescent properties?

Dalton Transactions Pub Date: 2012-08-06 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31243C

Abstract

A series of 0-D, 1-D, and 2-D metal–organic compounds through reactions of quinoline-2,3-dicarboxylic acid (2,3-H2qldc) with transition metal salts MCl2, namely, M(2,3-Hqldc)2(H2O)2 (M = Co(1), Zn(4) and Cd(7)), [M(3-qlc)2(H2O)2]n (M = Co(2), Zn(5) and Cd(8)), M(2-qldc-3-OCH3)2(CH3OH)2 (M = Co(3) and Zn(6)) and [Cd(2,3-qldc-OCH3)(μ2-Cl)]2n (9) (where, 3-Hqlc = quinoline-3-carboxylic acid and 2-qldc-3-OCH3 = 3-(methoxycarbonyl)quinoline-2-carboxylic acid), were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, thermogravimetric analysis (TG), and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. When the temperature ranged from room temperature to 70 °C, three isomorphous mononuclear complexes 1, 4 and 7 were obtained in H2O/H2O + CH3OH. As the temperature rose further to above 90 °C, due to the decomposition of 2-position carboxyl group in ligand 2,3-H2qldc, the same reactions, respectively, produced three isomorphous 2-D layer-like structures 2, 5 and 8 with 44 topology in water. By contrast, when the mixed solvent of H2O + CH3OH at a 1?:?1 ratio (v/v) was applied, the three above-mentioned reactions respectively gave compounds 3, 6 and 9 with the 3-position esterification of 2,3-H2qldc. Compounds 3 and 6 are mononuclear and isomorphous, while complex 9 has a 1-D double-stranded chain-like structure connected by two μ2-Cl bridges. Obviously, these results reveal that the reaction temperature and solvent play a critical role in structural direction of these low-dimensional compounds. Meanwhile, the photoluminescent property of the selected compounds is also investigated.

Graphical abstract: Temperature-/solvent-dependent low-dimensional compounds based on quinoline-2,3-dicarboxylic acid: Structures and fluorescent properties
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