Abstract:
The synthesis and assembly of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with open architectures or porous structures from small molecular building blocks have attracted high concern for some years and are still of considerable interests [1-2], owing to the observation of the large number of potential applications in catalysis, gas sorption and desorption, fluorescent sensing, opto-electronic devices, and molecular magnetism [3].A novel 3D crystal structure of the title compound La2(C4H2O4)3(C4H4O4).2H2O (C4H4O4 =Fumaric acid) has been synthesized via hydrothermal procedure. Its molecular structure was determined by single X-ray diffraction analysis. The compound crystallizes with space group C2/c and the cell parameters are a = 8.4299 (5) A°, b = 14.6789 (8) A°, c = 8.8096 (5)A°, β = 103.318 (3) °, V = 1060.80 (11)A° 3, and Z = 4 (R1= 0.02). The La(III) center is a distorted tricappedtrigonal prism coordinated by nine oxygen atoms, eight O atoms from seven distinct fumarate moieties, including one protonated fumarate unit and one water a molecule. La(III) ions are connected into a framework structure by the oxygen atoms of the carboxyl groups.The LaO8(H2O) polyhedracentres are edge-shared through three carboxylate bridges of the fumarate ligand, forming chains in three dimensions to construct the MOF. The crystal structure isstabilized by O—H…O hydrogen-bond interactions betweenthe coordinated water molecule and the carboxylate O atoms, and also between oxygen atoms of fumaric acid
