A new linear bismuth coordination polymer based on 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxylic acid: ionothermal synthesis, crystal structure and fluorescence properties.

A new linear bismuth(III) coordination polymer, catena-poly[[chloridobismuth(III)]-μ3-1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxylato-κ(6)O(2):O(2),N(1),N(10),O(9):O(9)], [Bi(C14H6N2O4)Cl]n, has been obtained by an ionothermal method and characterized by elemental analysis, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, thermal stability studies and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure is constructed by Bi(C14H6N2O4)Cl fragments in which each Bi(III) centre is seven-coordinated by one Cl atom, four O atoms and two N atoms. The coordination geometry of the Bi(III) cation is distorted pentagonal-bipyramidal (BiO4N2Cl), with one bridging carboxylate O atom and one Cl atom located in the axial positions. The Bi(C14H6N2O4)Cl fragments are further extended into a one-dimensional linear polymeric structure via subsequent but different centres of symmetry (bridging carboxylate O atoms). Neighbouring linear chains are assembled via weak C-H···O and C-H···Cl hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional supramolecular architecture. Intermolecular π-π stacking interactions are observed, with centroid-to-centroid distances of 3.678 (4) Å, which further stabilize the structure. In addition, the solid-state fluorescence properties of the title coordination polymer were investigated.