Thermodynamically controlled coordination-engineering of novel 2D cadmium thiolate coordination polymers

Reaction of Cd(OAc)2·2H2O with 4,4′-biphenyldithiol (H2bpdt) in different alkyldiamines at 105 °C gave single crystals of different 2D-layered cadmium thiolates metal–organic frameworks. The alkyldiamine acts both as a solvent and as a coordination-engineering agent to control the crystal growth and the dimensionality of the cadmium thiolate networks.