Hydrothermal syntheses and characterization of four 2-D lanthanide coordination polymers with glutarate and 1,10-phenanthroline

Four 2-D coordination polymers Ln2(phen)2(C5H6O4)3 [Ln = Pr(1), Eu(2), Er(3), Yb(4), phen = 1,10-phenanthroline] were obtained via hydrothermal reactions and determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal structure data reveal that these complexes are isostructural. In the asymmetric unit, the two Ln(III) ions are nine-coordinate and have similar coordination environments. The Ln(III) ions are built into 2-D layers by three different coordination modes of glutarate. The resulting 2-D layer forms 3-D supramolecular architecture by two types of π···π stacking interactions. All the complexes were characterized by IR spectra and thermogravimetric analysis, and the emission spectrum shows that Eu2(phen)2(C5H6O4)3 possesses strong luminescence.