Issue 11, 2022

Synthesis, supramolecular isomerism, and photoluminescence of scandium(iii) complexes with a tetrafluoroterephthalate ligand

Abstract

Here we present a new family of seven Sc(III) complexes with a tetrafluoroterephthalate ligand (tFBDC2−), having non-polymeric and polymeric 2D and 3D structures. These complexes are characterized by SC XRD, PXRD, FT-IR, elemental analysis, and TGA. Among these complexes, 3D coordination polymers [Sc(H2O)(tFBDC)1.5]·H2O (1), [Sc2(H2O)2(tFBDC)3]·2H2O (2), and [Sc(H2O)(tFBDC)1.5]·4H2O (3) are supramolecular isomers. Complex 1 is obtained as a phase pure material, while 2 and 3 are found as admixtures. The reaction of Sc(CF3SO3)3 with H2tFBDC in the presence of NH3 as a base produces layered coordination polymer [Sc(H2O)(OH)(tFBDC)] (4). Complexes (NH4)[Sc(H2O)4(tFBDC)2]·5H2O (5), [K(H2O)2Sc(H2O)4(tFBDC)2]·3H2O (6) and [Cs(H2O)4Sc(H2O)4(tFBDC)2]·0.5H2O (7) based on the same [Sc(H2O)4(tFBDC)2] anionic unit are obtained by precipitation with NH3, KOH or CsOH. Coordination polymers 1 and 4 are stable in an aqueous solution in the range of pH 2–12. Solid complexes 1, 4–7 show ligand-centred purple/blue photoluminescence, with 1 and 4 having high quantum yields of 28 and 34% at room temperature.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis, supramolecular isomerism, and photoluminescence of scandium(iii) complexes with a tetrafluoroterephthalate ligand

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Dec 2021
Accepted
26 Jan 2022
First published
26 Jan 2022

CrystEngComm, 2022,24, 2057-2071

Synthesis, supramolecular isomerism, and photoluminescence of scandium(III) complexes with a tetrafluoroterephthalate ligand

A. M. Cheplakova, D. G. Samsonenko, V. A. Lazarenko, P. V. Dorovatovskii, Y. V. Zubavichus, V. N. Khrustalev, M. I. Rakhmanova and V. P. Fedin, CrystEngComm, 2022, 24, 2057 DOI: 10.1039/D1CE01689J

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