Syntheses, Crystal Structures and Photophysical Aspects of Discrete and Polymeric Azido-Bridged Zinc(II) and Cadmium(II) Complexes: Sensing Properties and Structural Resemblance

Shuvayan Roy, Sagarika Bhattacharya, Sasankasekhar Mohanta

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Abstract

The work in this report presents syntheses, characterization, crystal structures and steady state and time resolved photophysical properties of four compounds of composition [ZnII 3L1 2(N3)4] (1), [CdII 3L2 2(N3)4]n (2), [ZnII 2L2(N3)3]n (3) and [CdII 2L1(N3)3]n (4), where HL1 and HL2 are the Schiff base ligands, obtained on 1:1 condensation of 3-ethoxysalicylaldehyde (for HL1)/3-methoxysalicylaldehyde (for HL2) and N,N,2,2-tetramethyl-1,3-propanediamine. Compound 1 is a discrete trizinc(II) system, while the other three compounds are one-dimensional coordination polymers, where the building units are, respectively, tricadmium(II), dizinc(II) and dicadmium(II) moieties. The nuclearities of the cores in the ZnII–azido compound from HL1 and the CdII–azido compound from HL2 are similar (1 and 2 are trinuclear) and, similarly, the ZnII–azido compound from HL2 and the CdII–azido compound from HL1 are similar (3 and 4 are dinuclear), revealing an unusual structural resemblance of two metal ions of two different rows in the periodic table as the function of slight change in the ligand periphery (OEt in HL1, OMe in HL2). The steady state/time-resolved photophysical properties reveal that cadmium(II) enhances slightly but zinc(II) enhances appreciably the fluorescence of the Schiff base ligands HL1 and HL2. It has been found that both HL1 and HL2 are fluorogenic sensors of zinc(II).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11091-11099
Number of pages9
JournalChemistrySelect
Volume2
Issue number34
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Coordination polymer
  • Fluorescence sensor
  • Metallo-azide
  • Structural resemblance
  • d metal ions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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