C 10 H 10 CoN 4 O 4 ,monoclinic, P2 1 /n (no. 14), a =8.305(3) Å, b =5.035(2) Å, c =12.328(4) Å, b =91.285(4)°, V =515.4 Å 3 , Z =2,R gt(F) =0.022, wRref(F 2 ) =0.061, T =291 K.
Source of materialImidazole-1-acetic acid (Hidza) was of reagent grade purity and used as received from commercial source without further purification. The title compound was prepared through the hydrothermal conditions. Amixture of Hidza (1 mmol), NaOH (1 mmol), CoCl 2. · . 6H 2 O( 0.5 mmol), and water (12ml) was sealed in a 25 . mL Teflon-lined reactor and heated in an oven at 130°Cfor 72 h. h. Then the autoclave was slowly cooled to room temperature. The title complex as pink block-shaped crystal was collected by filtration, washed with water, and dried in air.
DiscussionIn recent years, the synthesis and characterization of metalorganic frameworks has become an active area in the field of supramolecular and material chemistry due to their fascinating network topologies and potential applications in the areas of magnetic, optical, electronic and catalytic properties [1][2][3][4][5][6]. It is found that the selection of appropriate organic bridging ligands provides apossible route to achieve more intriguing polymeric structures [7][8][9]. Over the past decades, great efforts have been focused on rigid multidentate ligands containing N-or O-donors, such as 4,4'-bipyridine [10], imidazole [11], 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid [12], since when rigid multifunctional ligands are used as spacers to connect metal centers, the topology of the network is usually determined by the coordination geometry of the central metal [13]. In contrast, the investigation on flexible ligands in construction of metal-organic frameworks is comparatively rare, though the flexible ones may induce novel topologies and unique properties owing to their flexibility and conformation freedoms. Herein, we select imidazole-1-acetic acid (Hidza) containing spaces of idza anions. Along the diagonal direction of (010), such 2D layers are stacked with an ABAB sequence. Two imidazolyl ring between adjacent layers are also parallel with centroid-to-centroid distance of 3.7738(9) Å,indicating the existence of p-p stacking interactions. Then these p-p stacking interactions extend 2D layered network into afinal 3D supramolecular framework.