Synthesis of a Heterometallic [Zn2Ca] Pinwheel Array Stabilized by Amide-Amide Synthons

The rational design of heterometallic compounds bearing s-block metal ions have been a difficult task for chemists owing to their lack of preferential geometries. However, some strategies, such as the design of coordinating pockets with different sizes and/or donor atoms, have offered great results....

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Autores: Ejarque, Daniel|||0000-0002-1014-1128, Calvet, Teresa|||0000-0002-4058-7171, Font-Bardia, M., Pons Picart, Josefina|||0000-0003-1834-9326
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:265189
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/265189
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/inorganics10080118
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Heterometallic complexes
Trinuclear complexes
Zn(II)
Ca(II)
Secondary building unit
X-ray crystal structure
α-acetamidocinnamic acid
Solid-state photoluminescence
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Sumario:The rational design of heterometallic compounds bearing s-block metal ions have been a difficult task for chemists owing to their lack of preferential geometries. However, some strategies, such as the design of coordinating pockets with different sizes and/or donor atoms, have offered great results. In this work, this strategy has been tested using Ca(II) as an s-block metal ion and a compound previously obtained by our group with the formula [Zn(μ-ACA)(4-phpy)], which contains tetrahedral N,O- and octahedral O-coordinating pockets as a model structure. From this work, the corresponding heterometallic compound with the formula [ZnCa(μ-ACA)(4-phpy)]·EtOH (1) has been successfully synthesized, and fully characterized, and its crystal structure has been elucidated. Furthermore, we have compiled all the crystal structures containing [ZnM] pinwheel secondary building units (SBUs), where M stands for an s-block metal ion, and the observed tendencies, as well as the promising applications as template SBUs for the preparation of 1D-3D coordination polymers, have been discussed. Finally, solid-state UV-Vis and photoluminescence have been recorded and compared with the homometallic [Zn(μ-ACA)(4-phpy)] compound.