Multidentate carboxylate ligands have been widely used in the construction of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) owing to the rich variety of their coordination modes, which can lead to crystalline products with interesting structures and properties. Two new main-group MOFs, namely, poly[[di-μ-aqua-diaqua(dimethylformamide)[μ7-5,5′-methylenebis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzene-1,3-dicarboxylato)]dibarium(II)] trihydrate], {[Ba2(C23H20O8)(C3H7NO)(H2O)4]·3H2O}
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or {[Ba2(BTMIPA)(DMF)(H2O)4]·3H2O}
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(1), and poly[[diaqua[μ6-5,5′-methylenebis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzene-1,3-dicarboxylato)]dilead(II)] 2.5-hydrate], {[Pb2(C23H20O8)(H2O)2]·2.5H2O}
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or {[Pb2(BTMIPA)(H2O)2]·2.5H2O}
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(2), were prepared by the self-assembly of metal salts with the semi-rigid tetracarboxylic acid ligand 5,5′-methylenebis(2,4,6-trimethylisophthalic acid) (H4BTMIPA). Both structures were characterized by elemental analysis (EA), single-crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), IR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Complex 1 reveals a three-dimensional (3D)
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network formed via bridging tetranuclear secondary building units (SBUs) and complex 2 displays a 3D framework with an
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topology based on one-dimensional metal chains. The BTMIPA4− ligands adopt a rare coordination mode in 2, although the ligands in both 1 and 2 are X-shaped. The luminescence properties of both complexes were investigated in the solid state.
Extending Libraries of Extremely Localized Molecular Orbitals to Metal Organic Frameworks: A Preliminary Investigation
