Three new Zn(II) coordination polymers with tetrazole-1-carboxylate ligand: Crystal structures and luminescent properties

Three novel Zn(II) complexes based on tetrazole-1-acetic ligand, Zn(1-tza)2(phen) (1), [Zn(1-tza)(2,2′-bipy)(H2O)]∙X (X = NO3− 2, ClO4− 3) (1-tza = tetrazole 1-acetic, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, 2,2′-bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine), were synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Three different coordination modes of 1-tza ligand exist in the three obtained complexes. The 1-D chain of 1 is built by μ2-1-tza bridges. Compounds 2 and 3 are isomorphous, and their structures show a 2-D (4,4)-connected net constructed from binuclear [Zn2(COO)2] unit and μ3-1-tza linkers. Photoluminescence studies show that 1, 2 and 3 exhibit strong luminescence. The thermal analyses of the three complexes and the optical properties of 1 and 3 have also been investigated.