Two Cd(II) coordination polymers based on tris(p-carboxylphenyl)phosphine oxide accompanied by in situ ligand formation

AbstractTwo Cd(II) coordination polymers constructed from tris(p-carboxylphenyl)phosphine oxide (H3TPO), [Cd(HTPO)(1,4-bix)·3H2O]n (1) and [Cd2(HTPO)(HBPO)(H2O)2]n (2) (1,4-bix = 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene, H3BPO = bis(4-carboxylphenyl)phosphinic acid), were synthesized and identified by IR, elemental analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The 1,4-bix ligand leads to 1 as a ladder-like 1D chain structure. In 2, adjacent Cd2 units are bridged by HBPO2– and HTPO2– ligands to form a 3D structure. The H3BPO ligand is formed from the in situ reaction of H3TPO. It is the first example from hydrated Cd(II) salt promoting partial hydrolysis of a phosphine oxide ligand. The thermal behavior and solid-state photoluminescence properties correlated with the corresponding structural features were investigated.