Structural and X-ray powder diffraction studies of nano-structured lead(II) coordination polymer with η2 Pb⋯C interactions

A new nano-sized Pb(II) one-dimensional coordination polymer with η2 Pb–C interactions, [Pb2(μ3-ba)2(μ2-ba)2]n (1) [ba− = benzylacetylacetonate] has been synthesized and characterized by SEM, X-ray powder diffraction, IR spectroscopy and elemental analyses. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction shows the coordination number of Pb(II) ions is seven and the lead atoms have hemidirected coordination sphere containing involving Pb⋯C interactions, C2O7Pb. PbO nanoparticles were obtained by calcinations of the nano-sized compound 1 at 600 °C.