Distinct chiral units from an axially prochiral ligand in a photoluminescent zinc(II)–organic complex
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, poly[(dimethylamine-κN)[μ3-(E)-2,6-dimethyl-4-styrylpyridine-3,5-dicarboxylato-κ3O3:O3′:O5]zinc(II)], [Zn(C17H13NO4)(C2H7N)]n, consists of one crystallographically independent distorted tetrahedral ZnIIcation, one (E)-2,6-dimethyl-4-styrylpyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate (mspda2−) ligand and one coordinated dimethylamine molecule. TwoS- andR-type chiral units are generated from the axially prochiral mspda2−ligand through C—H...O hydrogen bonds. TheR-type chiral units assemble a left-handed (M) Zn–mspda helical chain, while the right-handed (P) Zn–mspda helical chain is constructed from neighbouringS-type chiral units. TheP- andM-type helical chains are interlinked by carboxylate O atoms to form a one-dimensional ladder. Interchain N—H...O hydrogen bonds extend these one-dimensional ladders into a two-dimensional supramolecular architecture. The title compound exhibits luminescence at λmax= 432 nm upon excitation at 365 nm.