Structural diversity of Cu(I), Ag(I) and Cu(II) coordination polymers with the ligand ethanediyl bis(isonicotinate)

This thesis reports the synthesis of the ligand ethanediyl bis(isonicotinate), L, as well as
the building of coordination polymers based on L and CuI, AgI and CuII salts.
Chapter A gives an overview on coordination polymers, their syntheses, structures, and
applications. It describes the use of bidentate ligands with N,N’-donors with silver and
copper cations for the building of such metal-organic frameworks.
Chapter B-I discusses the synthesis of the ligand ethanediyl bis(isonicotinate), L, and
presents its characterizations and its crystallographic structure.
Chapter B-II describes coordination polymers obtained from L and CuCl. It is focused on
the importance of the crystallization solvent, since two different compounds appear
according to the chosen crystallization solvent.
Chapter B-III is devoted to the study of silver(I) coordination polymers based on L and
silver salt. The numerous obtained silver coordination polymers allow finding some rules
concerning the crystallization solvent influence or the counter ion influence.
Chapter B-IV presents some copper(II) coordination polymers build up with L and copper
nitrate or perchlorate. With these compounds, the behaviour of the ligand L towards more
“rigid” cations was studied.
Chapter C summarizes the related works, presents the outlooks to this project and
especially the possible applications for the synthesized metal-organic frameworks.