Luminescent cadmium and zinc diphenate coordination polymers containing pyridyl-piperazine type ligands: Grids, diamondoid lattices, and a rare 4-connected net

Hydrothermal synthesis has afforded five d10 configuration divalent metal diphenate coordination polymers containing pyridyl-piperazine type ligands, which were structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. {[Cd(diphenate)(3-bpmp)(H2O)]·0.5H2O}n (1, 3-bpmp = bis(3-pyridylmethyl)piperazine) has a double layer topology. Its perchlorate-containing analog {[Cd3(diphenate)4(H23-bpmp)(H3-bpmp)(H2O)2](ClO4)·7H2O}n (2) possesses a very rare 4-connected 658 dmp topology based on anionic trinuclear nodes. {[Cd(diphenate)(4-bpfp)]·H2O}n (3, 4-bpfp = bis(4-pyridylformyl)piperazine) manifests a non-interpenetrated diamondoid lattice, while the related compound [Cd(diphenate)(4-bpmp)(H2O)]n (4, 4-bpmp = bis(4-pyridylmethyl)piperazine) has a simple (4,4) grid topology. {[Zn(diphenate)(4-bpmp)]·0.5H2O}n (5) displays a 2-fold interpenetrated diamondoid lattice. Luminescent properties of these materials are also reported.