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Solvent Influence in Obtaining Diverse Coordination Symmetries of Dy(III) Metal Centers in Coordination Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Luminescent Properties
journal contribution
posted on 2020-04-01, 12:10 authored by Nithi Phukan, Soumyabrata Goswami, Sophie Lipstman, Israel Goldberg, Bharat Kumar TripuramalluSix
new Dy(III)-containing coordination polymers (CPs) have been
synthesized emphasizing the role of solvent molecules in directing
the formation of the Dy(III) coordination sphere which in turn influences
the dimensionality of the coordination polymer, thermal stability,
and emission properties. An isophthalate-based flexible ligand 5-[(anthracen-9-ylmethyl)-amino]-isophthalic
acid (H2L) with different solvents such as dimethylformamide
(DMF), dimethylacetamide (DMA), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), diethylformamide
(DEF), and N-donor linkers phen (1,10-phenanothroline) and pyridine
(py) was employed to obtain six different coordination polymers, viz., [Dy2(L)2(HCOO)3(DMF)·Me2NH2·H2O]n (1), [Dy4(L)6(DMA)2(H2O)4·4DMA·4H2O]n (2), [Dy2(L)3(DMSO)3(H2O)2·2DMSO·2H2O]n (3), [{Dy(L)(DEF)}2(μ2-OH)]n (4), [Dy2(L)3(phen)2·DMA·7H2O]n (5), and [Dy(L)(NO3)(py)2·py]n (6), respectively. All the compounds were characterized by
IR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis, and unambiguously
characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The bulky anthracenyl
group of the linker H2L in combination with the solvent
molecules significantly alters the coordination symmetry of the Dy(III)
coordination sphere in the polymers in the manner: D2d in 1, C2v and D4d in 2, C4v and Cs in 3, C5v in 4, D4d in 5, and D2d in 6. The coordination symmetry plays an interesting
role in sensitization of lanthanide emission. The emission maxima
of compounds 1–6 vary from the blue
region to the yellow region significantly due to coordination symmetry
expressed by the Dy(III) centers, which in turn depends upon the coordinated
solvent molecule. The thermogravimetric profile indicates the thermal
stability of the solvent free compounds up to 300 °C.