A family of Cd(ii) coordination polymers constructed from 6-aminopicolinate and bipyridyl co-linkers: study of their growth in paper and photoluminescence sensing of Fe3+ and Zn2+ ions†
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Pajuelo Corral, Oier; Ortiz Gómez, Inmaculada; García, José Angel; Rodríguez Diéguez, Antonio; Vitorica-Yrezabal, Iñigo J.; Salinas-Castillo, Alfonso; Cepeda, JavierEditorial
Royal Society of Chemistry
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2024-06-29Referencia bibliográfica
Pajuelo Corral, O. et. al. Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 12138. [https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT00410H]
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Gobierno Vasco/Eusko Jaurlaritza (IT1500-22 and IT1755-22); Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MCIN/AEI/https://doi.org/ 10.13039/501100011033, Grant PID2020-117344RB-I00); Red Guipuzcoana de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (FA385/ 2023, DG23/16); Junta de Andalucía (FQM-394 and P21_00386); UPV/EHU and European funding (ERDF and ESF)Abstract
In this work, we report on five novel coordination polymers (CPs) based on the linkage of the [Cd(6apic)2] building block [where 6apic = 6-aminopicolinate] by different bipyridine-type organic spacers, forming different coordination compounds with the following formulae: [Cd(μ-6apic)2]n (1), {[Cd(6apic)2(μ-bipy)]·H2O}n (2), {[Cd(6apic)2(μ-bpe)]·2H2O}n (3), [Cd(6apic)(μ-6apic)(μ-bpa)0.5]n (4) and {[Cd2(6apic)4(μ-tmbp)]·7H2O}n (5) [where bipy = 4,4′-bipyridine, bpe = 1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethylene, bpa = 1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethane (bpa) and tmbp = 1,3-di(4-pyridyl)propane]. Most of the synthesized compounds form infinite metal–organic rods through the linkage of the building block by the bipyridine-type linker, except in the case of compound 4 whose assembly forms a densely packed 3D architecture. All compounds were fully characterized and their photoluminescence properties were studied experimentally and computationally through density functional theory (DFT) calculations. All compounds display, upon UV excitation, a similar blue emission of variable intensity depending on the linker employed for the connection of the building units, among which compound 2 deserves to be highlighted for its room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) with an emission lifetime of 32 ms that extends to 79 ms at low temperature. These good photoluminescence properties, in addition to its stability in water over a wide pH range (between 2 and 10), motivated us to study compound 2 as a sensor for the detection of metal ions in water, and it showed high sensitivity to Fe3+ through a fluorescence turn-off mechanism and an unspecific turn-on response to Zn2+. Furthermore, the compound is processed as a paper-based analytical device (PAD) in which the phosphorescence emission is preserved, improving the sensing capacity toward Fe3+ ions.