Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Magnetic Characterization of a Series of Cu-II-Ln(III) Heterometallic [Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm) Metal-Organic Compounds with an Unusual Single Crystal to Single Crystal Phase Transition

Diaz-Gallifa, Pau ; Fabelo, Oscar ; Canadillas-Delgado, Laura ; Pasan, Jorge ; Labrador, Ana LU orcid ; Lloret, Francesc ; Julve, Miguel and Ruiz-Perez, Catalina (2013) In Crystal Growth & Design 13(11). p.4735-4745
Abstract
The synthesis and structural characterization of five Cu(II)-Ln(III) heteronuclear metal-organic frameworks of formula {[Ln(4)Cu(4)(H2O)(26)(bta)(5)]center dot mH(2)O} and {[Ln(4)Cu(4)(H2O)(24)(bta)(5)]center dot pH(2)O} [Ln = La-III (1A/1B), Ce-III (2A/2B), Pr-III (3A/3B), Nd-III (4A/4B) and Sm-III (5A/5B) with m/p = 20 (1A)/16 (1B), 18 (2A)/16 (2B), 14 (3016 (3B), 22 (4A)/16 (4B) and 21 (5A)/14 (5B); H(4)bta =1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid (1-5)] have been performed. These compounds present a single-crystal to single-crystal phase transition from expanded A phases toward the B shrinking networks, which is triggered only in the presence of a dry environment. This phase transition is accompanied by a compression of the... (More)
The synthesis and structural characterization of five Cu(II)-Ln(III) heteronuclear metal-organic frameworks of formula {[Ln(4)Cu(4)(H2O)(26)(bta)(5)]center dot mH(2)O} and {[Ln(4)Cu(4)(H2O)(24)(bta)(5)]center dot pH(2)O} [Ln = La-III (1A/1B), Ce-III (2A/2B), Pr-III (3A/3B), Nd-III (4A/4B) and Sm-III (5A/5B) with m/p = 20 (1A)/16 (1B), 18 (2A)/16 (2B), 14 (3016 (3B), 22 (4A)/16 (4B) and 21 (5A)/14 (5B); H(4)bta =1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid (1-5)] have been performed. These compounds present a single-crystal to single-crystal phase transition from expanded A phases toward the B shrinking networks, which is triggered only in the presence of a dry environment. This phase transition is accompanied by a compression of the crystallographic b-axis in the range 2.4 to 2.8 angstrom with the consequent decrease of the unit cell volume from 9.5% to 12%. The isomorphous crystal structures of 1A-5A can be described as two crystallographically independent [Cu(II)-Ln(III)] heterometallic dinuclear units which are connected through two crystallographically independent bta(4-) ligands in the ac-plane, leading to 4,4-rectangular grids. These layers are connected along the crystallographic b-axis, through a pillaring bta(4-) group. The phase transition implies a change of the coordination mode of the bta4- pillar from bis-monodentate (1A-5A) to tetrakis-monodentate (1B-5B). Magnetic susceptibility measurements of polycrystalline samples of 1A-5A in the temperature range 2.0-300 K have in common the decrease of the chi T-M product with T which in the case of 1A is due to weak antiferromagnetic interactions between the copper(II) ions through the bta4- skeleton, the Lam cation being diamagnetic [J = -3.5 cm(-1) with the Hamiltonian defined H = -JS(Cu1)center dot S-Cu2,]. For the 2A-5A compounds, the additional exchange interaction between Cu-II and the paramagnetic Ln(II) is masked by the crystal field effects (which partially removes the 2J + 1 degeneracy of the L-2S+1(J) free-ion ground state in zero magnetic field) (2A-5A) and the thermal population of excited free-ion states (5A). (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; ; ; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
in
Crystal Growth & Design
volume
13
issue
11
pages
4735 - 4745
publisher
The American Chemical Society (ACS)
external identifiers
  • wos:000326775000016
  • scopus:84887756910
ISSN
1528-7483
DOI
10.1021/cg4008679
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
d6f948fd-aa6c-4767-8bb7-085937c2971f (old id 4200954)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 11:17:21
date last changed
2022-01-26 06:52:27
@article{d6f948fd-aa6c-4767-8bb7-085937c2971f,
  abstract     = {{The synthesis and structural characterization of five Cu(II)-Ln(III) heteronuclear metal-organic frameworks of formula {[Ln(4)Cu(4)(H2O)(26)(bta)(5)]center dot mH(2)O} and {[Ln(4)Cu(4)(H2O)(24)(bta)(5)]center dot pH(2)O} [Ln = La-III (1A/1B), Ce-III (2A/2B), Pr-III (3A/3B), Nd-III (4A/4B) and Sm-III (5A/5B) with m/p = 20 (1A)/16 (1B), 18 (2A)/16 (2B), 14 (3016 (3B), 22 (4A)/16 (4B) and 21 (5A)/14 (5B); H(4)bta =1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid (1-5)] have been performed. These compounds present a single-crystal to single-crystal phase transition from expanded A phases toward the B shrinking networks, which is triggered only in the presence of a dry environment. This phase transition is accompanied by a compression of the crystallographic b-axis in the range 2.4 to 2.8 angstrom with the consequent decrease of the unit cell volume from 9.5% to 12%. The isomorphous crystal structures of 1A-5A can be described as two crystallographically independent [Cu(II)-Ln(III)] heterometallic dinuclear units which are connected through two crystallographically independent bta(4-) ligands in the ac-plane, leading to 4,4-rectangular grids. These layers are connected along the crystallographic b-axis, through a pillaring bta(4-) group. The phase transition implies a change of the coordination mode of the bta4- pillar from bis-monodentate (1A-5A) to tetrakis-monodentate (1B-5B). Magnetic susceptibility measurements of polycrystalline samples of 1A-5A in the temperature range 2.0-300 K have in common the decrease of the chi T-M product with T which in the case of 1A is due to weak antiferromagnetic interactions between the copper(II) ions through the bta4- skeleton, the Lam cation being diamagnetic [J = -3.5 cm(-1) with the Hamiltonian defined H = -JS(Cu1)center dot S-Cu2,]. For the 2A-5A compounds, the additional exchange interaction between Cu-II and the paramagnetic Ln(II) is masked by the crystal field effects (which partially removes the 2J + 1 degeneracy of the L-2S+1(J) free-ion ground state in zero magnetic field) (2A-5A) and the thermal population of excited free-ion states (5A).}},
  author       = {{Diaz-Gallifa, Pau and Fabelo, Oscar and Canadillas-Delgado, Laura and Pasan, Jorge and Labrador, Ana and Lloret, Francesc and Julve, Miguel and Ruiz-Perez, Catalina}},
  issn         = {{1528-7483}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{11}},
  pages        = {{4735--4745}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Crystal Growth & Design}},
  title        = {{Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Magnetic Characterization of a Series of Cu-II-Ln(III) Heterometallic [Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm) Metal-Organic Compounds with an Unusual Single Crystal to Single Crystal Phase Transition}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg4008679}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/cg4008679}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}