Two novel coordination polymers in the family of lanthanide complexes with o-phenylenedioxydiacetato as ligand.

Two novel coordination polymers [Ce(PDOA)(NO3)(H2O)(2)](n) (1) and {[Ce(PDOA)(NO3)(H2O)(3)]center dot H2O}(n) (2) (PDOA = o-phenylenedioxydiacetato) have been prepared using hydrothermal conditions and have been structurally characterized. In both crystal structures 1 and 2 the Ce(III) atoms are decacoordinated by oxygen atoms from PDOA ligands with chelating and bridging functions, chelating nitrato ligands and aqua ligands. While in 1 the PDOA ligand presents a hexadentate coordination mode, in 2 it is coordinated in a pentadentate manner; this difference leads to different types of one-dimensional structural motifs; in 2 there are zig-zag chains of the -Ce-O-C-O-Ce- type with syn-anti carboxylate bridges and in 1 these chains are additionally interlinked by further syn-anti carboxylate bridges leading to a strip- or ribbon-like arrangement formed of {Ce-3} fused triangles. The endothermic dehydration of 1 within the temperature range 69-199 degrees C is at least a two-step process as suggested by TG and DTA methods. A variable temperature (2-300 K) magnetic study reveals Curie-Weiss behavior for 1 with theta = -35.5 K observed above 50 K. The origin of the observed behavior is discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.