Hydrothermal Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Fluorescent Properties of Two New d10 Metal Coordination Polymers with Two Mixed Flexible Ligands

Two complexes, [Zn(qda)(bpp)] (n) (1) and {[Cd(qda)(bpp)(2)]center dot 2H(2)O} (n) (2), (H(2)qda = hydroquinone-O,O'-diacetic acid, bpp = 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane), were hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, FTIR and elemental analysis. Both compounds exhibit two-dimensional structures. The qda anions in compound 1 adopt two different trans conformations, coordinating to Zn2+ ions in a monodentate fashion, while in compound 2 they adopt only one trans conformation yet keeping the same coordination fashion as in compound 1. The bpp molecules show same anti-gauche coordination conformation in both 1 and 2. In addition, photoluminescence for 1 and 2 has been investigated in the solid state at room temperature.