Transmetalation of a dodecahedral Na9 aggregate-based polymer: a facile route to water stable Cu(II) coordination networks

Inorg Chem. 2014 Jul 21;53(14):7446-54. doi: 10.1021/ic500789w. Epub 2014 Jun 26.

Abstract

A variety of network structures have been prepared by transmetalation of a polymer {Na3[Na9(Cbdcp)6(H2O)18]}n (1) (Cbdcp = N-(4-carboxybenzyl)-(3,5-dicarboxyl)pyridinium) containing dodecahedral Na9 aggregate secondary building units with Cu(II) by modulating the temperature, solvent, and pH. These complexes include a large, zwitterionic hexa-cuprometallocycle [Cu6(Cbdcp)6(H2O)18] (2) formed in H2O at room temperature, two three-dimensional polymers [Cu3(Cbdcp)2(OH)2(H2O)2]n (3) and {[Cu3(Cbdcp)2(OH)2]·2H2O}n (4) isolated from H2O and DMF/H2O at 135 °C, and a mononuclear complex [Cu(HCbdcp)2(H2O)3]·H2O (5) from H2O at 100 °C and pH = 6. All the complexes are robust and water stable. The crystal framework of macrocycle 2 is stable up to 100 °C under vacuum and selectively adsorbs CO2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Models, Molecular
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Sodium / chemistry*
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Polymers
  • Water
  • Copper
  • Sodium