A new nitrophenyldicarboxylato-bridged tetranuclear-copper complex linked into a polymeric network showing intense fluorescent emissions

A new nitrophenyldicarboxylate-bridged tetranuclear-copper complex combined with 1,10-phenanthroline, [Cu4(nbdc)4(phen)4(H2O)4] · 2H2O, has been synthesized and characterized, and it displayed intense fluorescent emissions. The compound crystallized in triclinic crystal system, space group, image, a = 10.9938(8), b = 13.9064(10), c = 13.9683(10) Å, α = 99.770(1), β = 97.198(1), γ = 113.401(1)°, V = 1887.1(2) Å3, Z = 2.