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Article

Two New Nonaborates with {B9} Cluster Open-Frameworks and Short Cutoff Edges

by
Chong-An Chen
and
Guo-Yu Yang
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MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Molecules 2022, 27(16), 5279; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27165279
Submission received: 27 July 2022 / Revised: 14 August 2022 / Accepted: 16 August 2022 / Published: 18 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Inorganic Chemistry)
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Abstract

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Two new nonaborates, Na2Ba0.5[B9O15]·H2O (1) and Na4Ca1.5[B9O16(OH)2] (2), have been solvothermally made with mixed alkali and alkaline-earth metal cationic templates. 1 and 2 are constructed by two different types of nonaborate clusters. In 1, the [B9O19]11− cluster is composed of three corner-sharing [B3O7]5− clusters, of which two of them interconnect to the 1D B3O7-based chains and are further bridged to the 3D framework with 7 types of 10-MR channels by another [B3O7]5− bridging cluster. The [B9O18(OH)2]11− cluster in 2 is made of four BO4-sharing [B3O8]7− clusters. As a 4-connected node, the interconnections of [B9O18(OH)2]11− construct the unpreceded 2D layer with large 14-MR windows, which are further joined by H-bonds to the 3D supramolecular framework. UV–Vis absorption spectra reveal that both 1 and 2 have short cutoff edges below 190 nm, exhibiting bandgaps of 6.31 and 6.39 eV, respectively, indicating their potential applications in deep UV (DUV) regions.

1. Introduction

Borates have long been the research focus of inorganic crystalline materials due to their mineralogical and industrial importance since last century [1,2,3,4]. In the past three decades, scientists have not only been dedicated to enriching borates’ abundant structural diversity, but also explore their applications in fluorescence, catalysis, and nonlinear optics (NLO) [5,6,7,8,9]. As an oxyphilic element, boron atom can be triangular and tetrahedral coordinated with oxygen atoms, forming the fundamental building units of BO3 and BO4. These two units can further polymerize through corner-/edge-sharing to produce series of oxoboron clusters with different numbers of B atoms and configurations [10,11], which contribute to the abundant structural diversities of borates. To date, most of the commonly seen monomeric oxoboron clusters have boron atoms ranging from 3 to 7 [12,13]. Larger oxoboron clusters are usually made by the combinations of these four main types of clusters and BO3/4 units. For example, [B8O14(OH)2]6− is made of the corner-sharing [B5O9(OH)]4− and [B3O6(OH)]4− cluster [14]; [B9O18(OH)2]11− is formed by the corner-sharing [B5O10(OH)2]7− and [B4O9]6− cluster [15]; larger [B20O32(OH)8]12− is built by 4 [B4O7(OH)2]4− and 4 BO33− triangles [16,17,18]; while the largest oxoboron cluster [B69O108(OH)18]27− is constructed by 3 [B5O12]9−, 12 [B3O6(OH)]4−, 6 BO33−, 6 [BO2(OH)]2−, and 6 BO45− [10]. The different combinations and linkages of these cluster units contribute to the different configurations of the oxoboron clusters and their extended structures [6,7]. Due to the steric hindrances and polyhydroxyl characters, larger oxoboron clusters commonly generate lower dimensional structures without metal nodes and other bridging groups (clusters, organic amines, and transition metal complexes) [19,20,21].
In the past decades, large efforts have been concentrated on the alkali and alkaline-earth metal borates, of which the empty d and f orbitals in alkali-metal and alkaline-earth metal facilitate the transmittance of UV or even deep UV (DUV) light. Moreover, their asymmetric coordination geometries can reduce the symmetrical influences from templates to acentric oxoboron frameworks, enhancing the possibilities of acentric structures [22]. Large numbers of UV/DUV NLO borates have been obtained with alkali and alkaline-earth metal under different synthetic conditions, including the typical β-BaB2O4 (BBO), LiB3O5 (LBO), and CsLiB6O10 (CLBO) [23,24,25], and the newly obtained LiBa3(OH)-[B9O16][B(OH)4] [26], Li2CsB7O10(OH)4 [27], and A10B13O15F19 (A = K and Rb) [28]. From the view of the structure–property relationship, mixed alkali and alkaline-earth metal templates with different cationic radium are more likely to produce borates with compact structures, corresponding to the larger Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) response than single metal template, which are due to their different effects on the packing modes of anionic cluster originated from their different sizes and charges. Based on these considerations, our group has been working on the syntheses, structures, and properties of alkali and alkaline-earth metal borates under hydro(solvo)thermal conditions.
In this work, by using mixed alkali- and alkaline-earth metal templates, we successfully synthesized two new borates containing two different types of nonaborate clusters, namely Na2Ba0.5[B9O15]·H2O (1) and Na4Ca1.5[B9O16(OH)2] (2). In 1, [B9O19]11− cluster fundamental building blocks (FBBs) [29,30] are composed of three corner-sharing [B3O7]5− rings (Scheme 1a), of which two of them construct the independent 1D B3O7-based chains with opposite orientations, and are further bridged by another [B3O7]5− bridging cluster to the 3D frameworks with seven types of intercommunicated 10-MR channels. In 2, four BO4-sharing [B3O8]7− clusters form the [B9O18(OH)2]11− FBB (Scheme 1b), which further construct the 2D unpreceded layer with large 14-MR windows. Notably, it is the first layered structure built by nonaborate cluster. H-bonds joined the layers to the 3D supramolecular open framework with three types of channels. UV–Vis absorption spectra show that both 1 and 2 have short cutoff edges below 190 nm, corresponding to bandgaps of 6.31 and 6.39 eV, respectively, indicating their potential applications in DUV regions.

2. Experimental Section

2.1. Syntheses

2.1.1. Syntheses of 1

A powder mixture of H3BO3 (0.248 g, 4.0 mmol), Na2[(HO)2B(O2)2B(OH)2]·6H2O, (sodium perborate, 0.064 g, 0.4 mmol), and Ba(OH)2·8H2O (0.315 g, 1.0 mmol) was added into 1 mL H2O and 2 mL pyridine. After stirring for 1 h, the resulting solution was sealed in a 25 mL Teflon-lined stainless-steel autoclave and heated at 230 °C for 7 days. After cooling down to room temperature spontaneously and being washed by distilled water, flake-like crystals were obtained in the yield of 37% (based on sodium perborate).

2.1.2. Syntheses of 2

A powder mixture of Na2[B4O5(OH)4]·8H2O (borax, 0.380 g, 1.0 mmol) and Ca(OH)2 (0.074 g, 1.0 mmol) was added into 4 mL H2O and 2 mL pyridine with constant stirring for 1 h. 2 was obtained under the same reaction temperature, time, and procedures as 1. (Yield: 27% based on borax).

2.2. X-ray Crystallography

The single crystal diffraction data of 1 and 2 were collected on a Gemini A Ultra CCD diffractometer with graphite monochromated Mo Kα (Λ = 0.71073 Å) radiation at 293(2) K. The structures were solved by direct methods and refined by the full-matrix least-squares fitting on F2 method with the SHELX-2008 program package [31]. Anisotropic displacement parameters were refined for all atomic sites except for hydrogen atoms. Basic crystallographic data and structural refinement data are listed in Table 1. Detailed crystallographic data have been deposited on the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre: CCDC 2191292 (for 1) and 2191293 (for 2). These data can be obtained free of charge via http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/conts/retrieving.html (accessed on 15 August 2022) or from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK; Fax: +44-1223-336-033; or email: [email protected].

2.3. General Procedure

All the reagents were analytical grade and used without any further purification. The powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) patterns of the title compounds were both collected on a Bruker D8 Advance X-ray diffractometer (Bruker, Karlsruhe, Germany) with Cu Kα radiation (λ = 1.54056 Å), 2θ scanning from 5–50° with a step size of 0.02° at room temperature. UV–Vis absorption spectra were recorded on a Shimadzu UV3600 spectrometer (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) with the wavelengths ranging from 190 to 800 nm. IR spectra were obtained on a Nicolet iS10 FT-IR spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) with the wavenumbers ranging from 4000 to 400 cm−1. Thermogravimetric analyses were carried out on a Mettler Toledo TGA/DSC 1100 analyzer (Mettler Toledo, Zurich, Switzerland), heating up from 25 to 1000 °C with a heating rate of 10 °C/min under air atmosphere.

3. Result and Discussion

3.1. Structure of 1

Single crystal X-ray analyses show that 1 crystalizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c. Its asymmetric unit contains a [B9O19]11− cluster formed by three corner-sharing [B3O7]5− clusters, 2 Na+, 0.5 Ba2+ and 1 water molecule (Figure 1a). In order to describe the construction of the structure, three corner-sharing [B3O7]5− clusters are named in the shorthand notations of B3-I, B3-II, and B3-III. Each of these three B3 clusters is four-connected, bonding with two others in the same quantities (Figure 1b). B3-I and B3-II first interconnects to form the 1D [B3O7]n5n− chain along the b axis (Figure 1c), exhibiting two opposite orientations with an C2-symmetry axis. These two different orientated 1D chains alternately arrange in -ABAB- and -AAA- sequences along a- and c-axes (Figure 1d), respectively, which are further bridged to 3D framework by the B3-III bridging cluster (Figure 1e–g). There exist seven different types of 10-MR channels in the 3D framework of 1 (Figure 1h,i). Along the a axis, 10-MR channels A and B show same shapes and delimitations (B5O4-B1O3-B2O3-B7O4-B6O3-B5O4-B1O3-B2O3-B7O4-B6O3) but different orientations, they alternately arrange along the b axis. Another 10-MR channel C with different shape is delineated by B5O4-B9O3-B8O3-B3O4-B4O3-B5O4-B9O3-B8O3-B3O4-B4O3. Channels D, E, and F appear along the b axis, of which channel D and F have the same delimitations as channel C, but showing different shapes, while channel E is made from the alternations of B7O4-B2O3-B3O4-B4O3-B6O3-B7O4-B2O3-B3O4-B4O3-B6O3. Channel G along the c axis has the same components as those in A and B. These seven types of channels make up the intercommunicated channel system of 1. To the best of our knowledge, such complicated channel system is only found in the aluminoborate [H3O]K3.52Na3.48{Al2[B7O13(OH)][B5O10]-[B3O5]}[CO3] (Figure S1) [32], which exhibits the 3D porous layer with seven intercommunicated channel networks. Five-coordinated Na1+ and seven-coordinated Na2+ are located in the channels F, while twelve-coordinated Ba2+ are located in the channels E, compensating the negative charges of the frameworks (Figure S2a). It is worth noticing that each of the two Na1+, two Na2+, and one Ba2+ alternate through corner-sharing, producing the rare [Na4BaO28] pentamers (Figure S2b).

3.2. Structure of 2

Single crystal X-ray analyses show that 2 crystalizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c. Its asymmetric unit contains a [B4.5O11(OH)]9.5− cluster unit, 2 independent Na+, and 0.75 Ca2+ (Figure 2a). In the [B4.5O11(OH)]9.5− unit, the occupation of B2 is 0.5, leading to the [B9O18(OH)2]11− FBB through symmetrical operation, which can be written as [9: 3Δ + 6T] (Christ and Clark descriptor) or 3Δ6□: Δ2□ − <Δ2□ > − <Δ2□> − <Δ2□> (Burns descriptor) [29,30]. According to the BVS calculations, the bond valences of the terminal O1 and O7 are 1.55 and 1.27, respectively. Meanwhile, there is no proper atomic site for H atom on O1, indicating that O1 is non-protonated and O7 is protonated.
In the structure, each [B9O18(OH)2]11− FBB links with four same ones to generate the 2D layer with large 14-MR windows (Figure 2b,c). Adjacent layers are arranged in -ABAB- manners along the c axis and show a curtain extend of dislocation (Figure 2d,e). Interlayered H-bond interactions join adjacent layers to the 3D supramolecular open framework (Table S1), containing three different types of supramolecular channels (Figure 2d,f). Charge-balancing cations all locate in the large 14-MR windows (Figure S3a). Na1+ and Na2+ are 6- and 5-coordinated with Na-O bond length ranging from 2.312–2.695Å and 2.259–2.487Å, respectively, while Ca2+ is 8-coordinated, corresponding to the bond length range of 2.354–2.840 Å. Na1+, Na2+, and Ca2+ interconnect to construct the 3D metal-oxygen porous layer (Figure S3b,c), which is rare in borates.

3.3. Structure Comparision

To date, there are three main types of nonaborate cluster FBBs with different configurations that have been obtained. According to the classifications and definitions of oxoboron clusters proposed by Christ, Clark and et al. [29,30], these nonaborate cluster FBBs can be divided into the following types:
(1)
[B9O14(OH)4]5− and [B9O18(OH)2]11− FBBs: These two types of FBBs are composed of two different {B5} and {B4} clusters, which produce the 1D chains and 3D framework with different types of guest templates [15,33]. In Ni(en)3·Hen·[B9O13(OH)4]·H2O, the linear alternations of [B9O14(OH)4]5− ([9: (5: 4Δ + 1T) + (4: 2Δ + 2T)]) FBB build the 1D chains (Figure 3a) [33], while in Li2[B4O7][B5O8(OH)2], the [B9O18(OH)2]11− ([9: (5: 2Δ + 3T) + (4: 2Δ + 2T)]) FBB construct the 3D diamond framework (Figure 3b) [15].
(2)
[B9O19]11− FBB: This kind of [B9O19]11− ([9: (6: 6T) + 3Δ]) FBB is composed of a planar [B6O16]14− cluster (three edge-sharing [B3O9]9− cluster) and three capping BO3 triangles. As a 6-connected node, it constructs series of 3D acs frameworks with large 21-MR channels (Figure 3c) [26,34,35].
(3)
[B9O12(OH)6]3−, [B9O16(OH)3]8− and [B9O16(OH)4]9− FBBs: There are two different configurations of these nonaborate cluster FBBs, including the three corner-sharing [B3O8]7− clusters-made [B9O19]11− ([9: 3×(3: 2Δ + T)], FBB in 1) and the four BO4-sharing B3O3 rings-made [B9O16(OH)2]7− ([9: 3Δ + 6T)]) and its derived forms (FBB in 2). As described above, [B9O19]11− make up the 3D framework with intercommunicated channel networks. For the [B9O16(OH)2]7− and its derived clusters, only isolated and 1D structures were obtained before. [B9O12(OH)6]3− ([9: 6Δ + 3T]) FBB in [C(NH2)3]3[B9O12(OH)6] is an isolated cluster [36], joined by the abundant H-bond interactions to 3D supramolecular frameworks (Figure 3d). [B9O16(OH)3]8− ([9: 5Δ + 4T]) and [B9O16(OH)4]9− ([9: 4Δ + 5T]) FBBs in Na4[B9O14(OH)3]·0.5H2O and Na5[B9O14(OH)4] features two different 1D belt-like structures [37], respectively, which are originated from configurations of the clusters. In Na4[B9O14(OH)3]·0.5H2O, the Z-shape [B9O16(OH)3]8− interconnects via four terminal O atoms from the four [B3O3] rings, of which the terminal O atoms on the outboard [B3O3] ring is linked with those on the medial rings, making the 1D zigzag belt with 8-MR windows (Figure 3e), while in Na5[B9O14(OH)4], the half-occupied central B atom leads to the C-shape [B9O16(OH)4]9−, which further interconnects through the same linkages with the Z-shape [B9O16(OH)3]8−, constructing the 1D linear belt (Figure 3f). The 2D layer in 2 is the first 2D layer built from the nonaborate clusters.
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Figure 3. (a) [B9O14(OH)4]5− FBB and the 1D chain in Ni(en)3·Hen·[B9O13(OH)4]·H2O. (b) [B9O18(OH)2]11− FBB and the 3D diamond framework in Li2[B4O7][B5O8(OH)2]. (c) [B9O19]11− FBB and the 3D acs framework in LiBa3(OH)[B9O16][B(OH)4]. (d) [B9O12(OH)6]3− FBB and the 3D supramolecular framework in [C(NH2)3]3[B9O12(OH)6]. (e) [B9O16(OH)3]8− FBB and the 1D zigzag belt in Na4[B9O14(OH)3]·0.5H2O. (f) [B9O16(OH)4]9− FBB and the 1D linear belt in Na5[B9O14(OH)4].
Figure 3. (a) [B9O14(OH)4]5− FBB and the 1D chain in Ni(en)3·Hen·[B9O13(OH)4]·H2O. (b) [B9O18(OH)2]11− FBB and the 3D diamond framework in Li2[B4O7][B5O8(OH)2]. (c) [B9O19]11− FBB and the 3D acs framework in LiBa3(OH)[B9O16][B(OH)4]. (d) [B9O12(OH)6]3− FBB and the 3D supramolecular framework in [C(NH2)3]3[B9O12(OH)6]. (e) [B9O16(OH)3]8− FBB and the 1D zigzag belt in Na4[B9O14(OH)3]·0.5H2O. (f) [B9O16(OH)4]9− FBB and the 1D linear belt in Na5[B9O14(OH)4].
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3.4. Powder XRD Patterns

The experimental PXRD patterns of 1 and 2 were all in good agreement with the simulated patterns obtained from single crystal data, which confirm the purities of the samples. The inconsistency of diffraction peaks’ intensities between experimental and simulated patterns is attributed to the various preferred orientations of the samples (Figure S4).

3.5. IR Spectra

The absorption bands and peaks in the IR spectra of 1 and 2 are similar in the range of 4000–400 cm−1. Only 1 is discussed in detailed. The wide absorption bands from 3663 to 2985 cm−1 are assigned to the stretching vibrations of -OH groups. The absorption peaks at 1624 cm−1 are the vibrations of H-O-H. The peaks ranging from 1509–1290 cm−1 and 1146–970 cm−1 are attributed to the B–O asymmetrical stretching of the BO3 and BO4 units, respectively. The sharp peaks at 941 and 827 cm−1 are the symmetric stretching vibrations of BO3 and BO4 units, respectively, while the bending vibrations of these units appear in the range of 749–601 cm−1 (Figure S5).

3.6. UV–Vis Absorption Spectra

UV–Vis absorption spectra of 1 and 2 were obtained in the wavelength range of 190–800 nm. As shown in Figure 4, both 1 and 2 have the short cutoff edges below 190 nm, showing the experimental band gaps of 6.31 eV (1, Figure 4a) and 6.39 eV (2, Figure 4b), respectively, indicating their potential applications in DUV regions. The short DUV cutoff edges and large bandgaps of 1 and 2 are mainly originated from the absences of d-d and f-f electron transitions of alkali- and alkaline-earth metal cations, which have been proved in other borates with DUV cutoff edges, including Li2CsB7O10(OH)4 (6.35 eV) [27] and CsB7O10(OH)2 (6.60 eV) [38]. No such cases were found in other borates without alkali and alkaline-earth metal cations.

3.7. Thermal Analysis

The thermal stabilities of 1 and 2 were examined in 25–1000 °C with the heating rate of 10 °C/min under the air atmosphere (Figure S6). For 1, there was only one step weight loss of 4.49% (Cal: 3.83%) from 122 to 311 °C, corresponding to the removal of one lattice water molecule. For 2, the 3.64% (Cal: 3.33%) weight loss from 387 to 676 °C is assigned to one water molecule from the dehydration of two -OH groups.

4. Conclusions

In summary, two new nonaborates templated by mixed alkali- and alkaline earth metal cations, Na2Ba0.5[B9O15]·H2O (1) and Na4Ca1.5[B9O16(OH)2] (2), were successfully made under solvothermal conditions. 1 is made of three different [B3O7]5− clusters, of which two of them interconnects to make the 1D chains that are further joined to 3D framework by another [B3O7]5− clusters. There exist seven different types of intercommunicated channels in the framework of 1, which is first observed in 3D B-O frameworks. The nonaborate cluster in 2 is composed of four BO4-sharing [B3O8]7− clusters. It constructs the 2D monolayer with large 14-MR windows stacking in -ABAB- sequence, filling the blank of 2D layered nonaborates. H-bonds link adjacent layers to the 3D supramolecular open framework with three types of supramolecular channels. UV–Vis absorption spectra reveal that both 1 and 2 exhibit the short DUV cutoff edges below 190 nm, and the bandgaps are 6.31 and 6.39 eV, respectively, indicating that they have potential applications in DUV regions. Further work on exploring new DUV borates with excellent physical chemical properties is underway by using mixed alkali- and alkaline earth metal cationic templates under hydro(solvo)thermal conditions.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/molecules27165279/s1, Table S1: Hydrogen bond distances (Å) and angles (°) for the compound 2; Figure S1: Porous layered structure (a) and the seven intercommunicated channels (b) in [H3O]K3.52Na3.48{Al2[B7O13(OH)][B5O10][B3O5]}[CO3]; Figure S2: (a) Metal positions in the framework of 1; (b)Na4BaO28 pentamers in 1; Figure S3: (a) Metal positions in the framework of 2; (b) Metal-oxygen monolayer in 2; (c) Metal-oxygen porous layer in 2; Figure S4:PXRD of 1 (a) and 2 (b); Figure S5: IR spectra of 1 and 2; Figure S6: TG curves of 1 and 2.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, data curation, writing—original draft, preparation: C.-A.C.; writing—reviewing and editing, supervision, funding acquisition: G.-Y.Y. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, grant numbers 21831001, 21571016, 91122028, and 20725101.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

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Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Scheme 1. [B9O19]11− (a) and [B9O18(OH)2]11− (b) FBB in 1 and 2.
Scheme 1. [B9O19]11− (a) and [B9O18(OH)2]11− (b) FBB in 1 and 2.
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Figure 1. (a) Asymmetric unit of 1. (b) Coordination environment of three different B3 clusters in 1. (c) 1D chain built from the alternation of B3-I and B3-II. (d) The spatial arrangements of the 1D chains in 1. (e–g) View of the 3D framework with seven types of channels from three different directions. (h) Side view of the seven types of the 10-MR channels. (i) The 3D intercommunicated channel network in 1. Symmetric codes: A: x, 0.5 − y, −0.5 + z; B: 1 − x, 1 − y, 1 − z; C: x, −1 + y, z; D: −x, 1 − y, 1 − z.
Figure 1. (a) Asymmetric unit of 1. (b) Coordination environment of three different B3 clusters in 1. (c) 1D chain built from the alternation of B3-I and B3-II. (d) The spatial arrangements of the 1D chains in 1. (e–g) View of the 3D framework with seven types of channels from three different directions. (h) Side view of the seven types of the 10-MR channels. (i) The 3D intercommunicated channel network in 1. Symmetric codes: A: x, 0.5 − y, −0.5 + z; B: 1 − x, 1 − y, 1 − z; C: x, −1 + y, z; D: −x, 1 − y, 1 − z.
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Figure 2. (a) Asymmetric unit of 2. (b) Four-coordinated [B9O18(OH)2]11− FBB in 2. (c) The 2D layer with 14-MR windows. (d) The 3D supramolecular framework of 2. (e) View of the adjacent layers with dislocation along c axis. (f) Three types of supramolecular channels in 2. Symmetric codes: A: 1 − x, y, 0.5 − z; B: 0.5 − x, −0.5 + y, 0.5 − z.
Figure 2. (a) Asymmetric unit of 2. (b) Four-coordinated [B9O18(OH)2]11− FBB in 2. (c) The 2D layer with 14-MR windows. (d) The 3D supramolecular framework of 2. (e) View of the adjacent layers with dislocation along c axis. (f) Three types of supramolecular channels in 2. Symmetric codes: A: 1 − x, y, 0.5 − z; B: 0.5 − x, −0.5 + y, 0.5 − z.
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Figure 4. UV–Vis absorption spectra of 1 (a) and 2 (b).
Figure 4. UV–Vis absorption spectra of 1 (a) and 2 (b).
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Table
Table 1. Crystallographic data and structural refinements for 1 and 2.
Table 1. Crystallographic data and structural refinements for 1 and 2.
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FormulaNa2Ba0.5B9O16H2Na4Ca1.5B9O18H2
Molecular weight469.96539.39
Crystal systemMonoclinicMonoclinic
Space groupP21/cC2/c
a/Å8.5705 (5)18.2310 (2)
b/Å8.5174 (4)8.7009 (13)
c/Å17.2249 (7)9.0209 (12)
α/°9090
β/°90.101 (4)97.299 (11)
γ/°9090
V/Å31257.42 (11)1419.3 (3)
Z44
Dc/g cm−32.4822.524
μ/mm−11.7930.858
F (000)9001060
Goodness-of-fit on F21.0521.096
R indices [I > 2σ(I)] 10.0309 (0.0822)0.0529 (0.1576)
R indices (all data)0.0393 (0.0869)0.0725 (0.1761)
Largest peak/Deepest hole (e/Å3)1.043/−1.0590.617/−1.049
1R1 = Σ||F0| − |Fc||/Σ|F0|. wR2 = {Σw[(F0)2 − (Fc)2]2/Σw[(F0)2]2}1/2.
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