Syntheses, crystal structures and magnetic properties of 1D and 2D cobaltous coordination polymers with mixed ligands

Two new Co(II) coordination polymers with mixed ligands, {[Co(BTA)0.5(DBI)2]·DBI·H2O}n (1) and [Co(PDA)(DBI)(H2O)]n (2) (H4BTA = benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic acid; H2PDA = 2,2′-(1,2-phenylene)diacetic acid; DBI = 5,6-dimethyl-1H-benzoimidazole) have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions, respectively. Both of them are characterized by elemental analyses, powder X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and magnetic susceptibilities. In 1, the Co(II) ions are four-coordinated and lie in distorted tetrahedron coordination environment. 1D ladder-like chain structure is formed by the bridging BTA4− ligand. In 2, the Co(II) ions are in slightly distorted octahedral coordination geometry, and linked by PDA2− ligand exhibiting a 2D layer structure. Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements of 1 and 2 revealed that there are antiferromagnetic interactions between Co(II) ions.