Syntheses and structural characterization of manganese and cadmium coordination polymers constructed with bis(4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)phenyl methanone and dicarboxylate ligands

Two coordination polymers (CPs), [Mn(bipmo)(pbtda)(H2O)](n) (1), {[Cd(bipmo)(btda)]center dot 2(H2O)]}(n) (2), (bipmo = bis(4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)phenyl)methanone, H(2)pbtda = 2-phenylbutanedioic acid, H(2)btda = butanedioic acid), were synthesized by solvothermal methods. The products have been characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The topological structure of 1 is based on 2-nodal nets with the Schlafli symbol {6(3)}{6(9).8}, while that of 2 features a system with a sixfold penetration with the Schlafli symbol {6(6)}.