title: Synthesis, structure, and magnetic and catalytic properties of metal frameworks with 2,2'-dinitro-4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylate and imidazole-containing tripodal ligands.
abstract: Based on 1,3,5-tris(1-imidazolyl)benzene (tib) and 2,2'-dinitro-4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylic acid (H2dnbpdc), four new metal-organic frameworks [M3(tib)(dnbpdc)3(H2O)2] [M = Mn (1), Cd (2)], [Zn3(tib)2(dnbpdc)2.5(Hdnbpdc)]·4DEF (3), and [Cd(tib)(dnbpdc)(H2O)]·DMF·H2O (4) (DEF = N,N-diethylformamide, DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide) were successfully synthesized. Isomeric 1 and 2 were unusual 8-connected uninodal three-dimensional (3D) frameworks with a point symbol of {3(3)·4(15)·5(9)·6}. Compound 3 was a (3,3,4,4)-connected 4-nodal 3D net with a point symbol of {4·6·8}2{4·6(2)}{4·8(5)}{6(2)·8(3)·10}, whereas 4 was a one-dimensional (1D) chain, which was further linked with neighboring 1D chains by hydrogen bonding interactions to give a 3D framework. It is interesting that 1 displayed ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions within the trinuclear Mn(ii) subunit. We also performed Knoevenagel condensation reactions catalyzed by activated 3 to demonstrate its heterogeneous catalytic property. Furthermore, the adsorption property of 3 was also investigated.
authors.affiliation: Coordination Chemistry Institute, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. sunwy@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yu-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Huai-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei-Yin
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Sun