Two Zinc(II) Carboxyarylphosphonates with Unusual Polynuclear Zn(II) Units:Syntheses and Crystal Structures

[Zn2(PCP)(phen)(H2O)F]n 1 and {[Zn3(MCP)2(phen)2(H2O)]·2.5H2O}n 2(PCP = p-O2C(C6H4)PO33-,MCP = m-O2C(C6H4)PO33- and phen = phenanthroline) were obtained by hydrothermal synthesis and characterized by X-ray single-crystal diffraction.Compound 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic P21/c space group with a = 7.908(2),b = 20.254(3),c = 13.477(2) ,β = 107.76(3)°,V = 2055.7(8) 3,Z = 4,C20H16FN2O6PZn2,Mr = 561.10,Dc = 1.813 g/cm3,μ = 2.463 mm-1,F(000) = 1128,the final R = 0.0340 and wR = 0.0794.Compound 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic P21/n space group with a = 15.629(3),b = 18.141(4),c = 17.723(7) ,β = 121.89(2)°,V = 4267(2) 3,Z = 4,C40H31N4O13.5P2Zn3,Mr = 1041.70,Dc = 1.620 g/cm3,μ = 1.818 mm-1,F(000) = 2108,the final R = 0.0669 and wR = 0.1775.In compound 1,the tetranuclear Zn4 units are linked together by μ4-PCP3- to build 2D(4,4) layers,which are further interconnected through the μ2-bridging fluorion into a 3D framework with 1D phen ligands-filled channels.As for the 3D supramolecular framework of 2,the novel hexanuclear Zn6 units with chair conformation are extended by the moieties of μ4-MCP3- ligand to a 2D(4,4) layer on the bc plane,which is viewed as the 2-folded layers in 1.In both compounds,the structures are stabilized by hydrogen bonding interactions and π-π stacking interactions between the phen rings.Additionally,FT-IR spectroscopy and the fluorescent properties are discussed.