Poly[octakis(1H-imidazole-κN3)octa-μ-oxido-tetraoxidodicopper(II)tetravanadate(V)]

In the title inorganic–organic hybrid compound, [Cu2V4O12(C3H4N2)8]n, the VV ion is tetracoordinated by four O atoms and the CuII ion is hexacoordinated by four N atoms from four imidazole ligands and two O atoms from two tetrahedral vanadate (VO4) units in a distorted octahedral geometry. The structure consists of two-dimensional sheets constructed from centrosymmetric cyclic [V4O12]4− anions covalently bound through O to [Cu(imidazole)4]2+ cations. Adjacent sheets are linked by N—H...O hydrogen bonds and weak C—H...π interactions (H...centroid distances = 2.59, 2.66, 2.76, 2.91 and 2.98 Å into a three-dimensional supramolecular network

trans-Bis(nitrato-κO)bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)manganese(II)

In the title compound, [Mn(NO3)2(C12H8N2)2], the MnII atom lies on a twofold rotation axis, and is six-coordinated in a distorted trans-N4O2 octahedral environment by four N atoms from two 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and two O atoms from two nitrate anions. The nitrate anion is disordered about a twofold rotation axis with fixed occupancy factors of 0.5. In the crystal, molecules are linked by weak C—H...O hydrogen bonds and π–π stacking interactions [centroid–centroid distance = 4.088 (5) Å] into a three-dimensional supramolecular network

Self-Assembly of 1D Double-Chain and 3D Diamondoid Networks of Lanthanide Coordination Polymers through In Situ-Generated Ligands: High-Pressure CO2 Adsorption and Photoluminescence Properties

Two new lanthanide-based coordination polymers, [Sm2(bzz)(ben)6(H2O)3]·0.5H2O (1) and [Eu(bbz)(ben)3] (2), were synthesized and characterized. The described products were formed from in situ-generated benzoate (ben) and N’-benzoylbenzohydrazide (bbz) ligands, which were the products of transformation of originally added benzhydrazide (bzz) under hydrothermal conditions. Compound 1 exhibits a one-dimensional (1D) double-chain structure built up from the connection of the central Sm3+ ions with a mixture of bzz and ben ligands. On the other hand, 2 features a 3D network with a 4-connected (66) dia topology constructed from dinuclear [Eu2(ben)6] secondary building units and bbz linkers. High-pressure CO2 sorption studies of activated 1 show that maximum uptake increases to exceptionally high values of 376.7 cm3 g−1 (42.5 wt%) under a pressure of 50 bar at 298 K with good recyclability. Meanwhile, 2 shows a typical red emission in the solid state at room temperature with the decay lifetime of 1.2 ms