Issue 13, 2009

Metal–organophosphine and metal–organophosphonium frameworks with layered honeycomb-like structures

Abstract

Phosphanotriylbenzenecarboxylic acid (ptbcH3; P(C6H4-p-CO2H)3) and its methyl phosphonium iodide derivative (mptbcH3I; {H3CP(C6H4-p-CO2H)3}I) have been used as organic building blocks in reaction with Zn(II) salts to obtain a series of related two-dimensional coordination polymers with honeycomb-like networks. The variable coordination number and oxidation states available to phosphorus have been exploited to produce a family of related phosphine coordination materials (PCMs) using a single ligand precursor. The phosphine carboxylate trianion, ptbc3−, reacted with Zn(II) to form 3,3-connected undulating hexagonal sheets based on tetrahedral P and Zn nodes, where Zn–ptbc = 1 : 1. When hydroxide was used as an additional framework ligand, Zn4(OH)2 clusters were obtained. The clusters support 6,3-connected bilayers that consist of pairs of fused hexagonal sheets (Zn–ptbc = 2 : 1) with intra-layer pore spaces. The Zn4(OH)2 clusters are also coordinated by solvent, which was preferentially displaced when the bilayer material was synthesized in the presence of ethylene diamine. Treatment of ptbc3− with MeI resulted in methylation of the phosphine to give the P(V) phosphonium iodide salt derivative. The formally dianionic methylphosphonium tricarboxylate building block, mptbc2−, has the same trigonal-pyramidal bridging geometry as the parent phosphine. However, mptbc2− reacted with Zn(II) on a 1 : 1 stoichiometric ratio to give an unusual trilayer sheet polymer that is based exclusively on 3-connected nodes. Solid-state 31P NMR studies confirmed that the phosphine ligands were resistant to oxidation upon solvothermal reaction under aerobic conditions.

Graphical abstract: Metal–organophosphine and metal–organophosphonium frameworks with layered honeycomb-like structures

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Nov 2008
Accepted
05 Jan 2009
First published
16 Feb 2009

Dalton Trans., 2009, 2298-2305

Metal–organophosphine and metal–organophosphonium frameworks with layered honeycomb-like structures

S. M. Humphrey, P. K. Allan, S. E. Oungoulian, M. S. Ironside and E. R. Wise, Dalton Trans., 2009, 2298 DOI: 10.1039/B820038F

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