Synthesis, structure and luminescence properties of a cadmium(II)-based coordination polymer with (S)-4,4'-bis(4-carboxyphenyl)-2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphinoyl)-1,1'-binaphthyl as chiral linker.

Solvothermal reaction of cadmium(II) nitrate with (S)-4,4'-bis(4-carboxyphenyl)-2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphinoyl)-1,1'-binaphthyl (H2L) in dimethylformamide (dmf) gave the two-dimensional chiral coordination polymer [{Cd2(L)2(H2O)}·18 dmf]n (1), which is thermally stable up to 400 °C according to DTA/TG analysis. According to single-crystal X-ray analysis, 1 forms layers in the [1[combining macron]01] direction, which are relatively well separated from each other. Compound L exhibits ligand-based bluish luminescence, assigned to the S1→S0 transition of the aromatic units in L. Emission spectra consist of nearly Gaussian shaped bands with maxima at 25,574 and 24,767 cm(-1) for H2L and 1, respectively. Quantum efficiency reaches a remarkably high value of 42% for the Cd-based coordination polymer and 33% for the respective ligand. Emission intensity of increases from 10 K to room temperature and decreases exponentially for temperatures up to 650 K.