Solid-State Coordination Chemistry:  Structural Influences of Copper−Phenanthroline Subunits on Oxovanadium Organophosphonate Phases. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Structural Characterization of the Two-Dimensional Materials [Cu(phen)(VO)(O₃PCH₂PO₃)(H₂O)], [{Cu(phen)}₂(V₂O₅)(O₃PCH₂CH₂PO₃)], and [{Cu(phen)}₂(V₃O₅)(O₃PCH₂CH₂CH₂PO₃)₂(H₂O)] and of the Three-Dimensional Phase [{Cu(phen)}₂(V₃O₅)(O₃PCH₂PO₃)₂(H₂O)]

Abstract

The hydrothermal reactions of CuCl2*2H2O, Na3VO4, 1,10-phenanthroline, and the appropriate organodiphosphonate ligand yield [Cu(phen)(VO)(O3PCH2PO3)(H2O)] (1), [[Cu(phen)]2(V2O5)(O3PCH2CH2PO3)] (2), [[Cu(phen)]2(V3O5)(O3PCH2CH2CH2PO3)2 (H2O)] (3), and [[Cu(phen)]2(V3O5)(O3PCH2PO3)2(H2O)] (4). Compounds 1-3 exhibit two-dimensional structures. The structures exhibit distinct vanadium building blocks: square pyramidal, mononuclear V(IV) sites in 1, a binuclear unit of corner-sharing V(V) tetrahedra in 2, and a trinuclear unit of corner-sharing V(V) square pyramids and a V(IV) octahedron in 3. The network structures of 1 and 2 are constructed from one-dimensional oxovanadium-diphosphonate chains linked by Cu(II) square pyramids into two-dimensional layers. In contrast, compound 3 exhibits a two-dimensional oxovanadium-organodiphosphonate network, with Cu(II) sites decorating the surfaces. Compound 4 is unique in exhibiting a framework structure, which may be described as a three-dimensional oxovanadium-organodiphosphonate substructure with [Cu(phen)]2+ subunits covalently attached to the surface of channels running parallel to the a-axis. The magnetic properties of 1-4 are also correlated to the structural characteristics. The magnetic behavior of 2 is thus dominated by antiferromagnetic interactions. The magnetic behavior of 1 and 4 is consistent with the presence of two distinct paramagnetic metal ions, Cu(II) and V(IV). In contrast, 3 does not exhibit ferrimagnetic behavior, but rather weak antiferromagnetic coupling. Crystal data: 1, C13H10N2CuP2VO8, monoclinic P2(1)/c, a = 9.0656(5) A, b = 8.6584(5) A, c = 20.934(1) A, beta = 97.306(1) degrees, Z = 4; 2, C26H20N4Cu2P2V2O11, triclinic P1, a = 10.6096(5) A, b = 11.6951(5) A, c = 13.1796(6) A, alpha = 71.369(1) degrees, beta = 70.790(1) degrees, gamma = 80.738(1) degrees, Z = 2; 3, C30H28N4Cu2P4V3O18, triclinic P1, a = 9.4356(6) A, b = 10.6556(6) A, c = 11.0354(7) A, alpha = 118.187(1) degrees, beta = 91.416(1) degrees, gamma = 107.821(1) degrees, Z = 1; 4, C26H20N4Cu2P4V3O18, monoclinic, P2(1)/c a = 8.3947(3) A, b = 16.8401(7) A, c = 11.9144(5) A, beta = 93.903(1) degrees, Z = 2.