S. P. Jang, Jung In Poong, S. Kim
Feb 9, 2012
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Polyhedron
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Abstract Zinc-benzoates can be rationally tuned to form four different types of structures with a bridging bpe (1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene) ligand by controlling zinc(benzoate)-to-ligand ratios and solvent systems, and they reveal three coordination polymers having different 1-D characteristics and a dinuclear Z-type molecule. Reactivity study of the compounds 1–4 for the transesterification of a variety of esters showed that the coordination polymers 1–3 have better activity than the discrete dinuclear molecule 4. Strong emissions of compounds 1–3 were observed at 393 nm for 1, 378 nm for 2, and 393 nm for 3, respectively, but weak luminescence was observed at 380 nm for 4 under the same experimental conditions. The thermal stabilities of these complexes were also examined.