Three new bismuth(III) pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate compounds: Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures

Three new metal-organic compounds containing bismuth and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate (pydc) formulated as (2-apyH)2[Bi(pydc)2(pydcH)]·2H2O, 1, (4-apyH)[Bi(pydc) (pydcH)2].4H2O, 2 and (pipzeaH)[Bi2(pydc)3(pydcH) (H2O)2]·5H2O, 3, (2-apy = 2-aminopyridine, 4-apy = 4-aminopyridine, pipzea = 2-piperazin-1-ylethanamine), have been synthesized in deionized water and characterized by elemental analysis (C, H and N), spectral (UV–Vis, IR), 1H NMR spectroscopy, TGA and single crystal X-ray diffraction. These compounds were obtained via proton transfer methodology. Compounds 1 and 2 have similar monomeric bismuth coordination units, whereas compound 3 has a dimeric bismuth coordination unit. The compounds are anionic in 1 and 2 and they are connected non-covalently to 2-apyH and 4-apyH, respectively. In 3, two molecules are present, one neutral and one anionic, and both are connected non-covalently to pipzeaH cations. Five different coordination modes of Bi-pydc exist in 1, 2 and 3. These compounds are stabilized in the solid state by a complex network of hydrogen bonds between crystallization water molecules, anionic, cationic and neutral fragments, forming 3D-supramolecular arrays.