Publications by authors named "Si-Chun Chen"

Copper(II) coordination polymers have attracted considerable interest due to their catalytic, adsorption, luminescence and magnetic properties. The reactions of copper(II) with 2-amino-4-sulfobenzoic acid (H(2)asba) in the presence/absence of the auxiliary chelating ligand 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) under ambient conditions yielded two supramolecular coordination polymers, namely (3-amino-4-carboxybenzene-1-sulfonato-κO(1))bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2)N,N')copper(II) 3-amino-4-carboxybenzene-1-sulfonate monohydrate, [Cu(C7H6N2O5S)(C12H8N2)2](C7H6N2O5S)·H2O, (1), and catena-poly[[diaquacopper(II)]-μ-3-amino-4-carboxylatobenzene-1-sulfonato-κ(2)O(4):O(4')], [Cu(C7H6N2O5S)(H2O)2]n, (2). The products were characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), solid-state UV-Vis spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, as well as by variable-temperature powder X-ray diffraction analysis (VT-PXRD).

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A new three-dimensional interpenetrated Cd(II)-organic framework based on 3,3'-azodibenzoic acid [3,3'-(diazenediyl)dibenzoic acid, H2azdc] and the auxiliary flexible ligand 1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-1-yl)butane (bimb), namely poly[[bis[μ2-1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-1-yl)butane-κ(2)N(3):N(3')][μ2-3,3'-(diazenediyl)dibenzoato-κ(2)O:O']cadmium(II)] monohydrate], {[Cd(C14H8N2O4)(C10H14N2)2]·H2O}n, (1), was obtained by a typical solution reaction in mixed solvents (water and N,N'-dimethylformamide). Each Cd(II) centre is six-coordinated by two O atoms of bis-monodentate bridging carboxylate groups from two azdc(2-) ligands and by four N atoms from four bimb ligands, forming an octahedral coordination environment. The Cd(II) ions are connected by the bimb ligands, resulting in two-dimensional (4,4) layers, which are further pillared by the azdc(2-) ligands, affording a threefold interpenetrated three-dimensional α-Po topological framework with the Schläfli symbol 4(12)6(3).

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