Anions-Directed Metal-Mediated Assemblies of Coordination Polymers Based on the Bis(4,4′-bis-1,2,4-triazole) Ligand

Eight coordination polymers, {[Cu(btr)2(H2O)2](BF4)2·2H2O}n (1), {[Cu5(btr)10(SCN)6(BF4)4]·5H2O}n (2), {[Cu(btr)2(SCN)2]·2H2O}n (3), {[Cu(btr)2(NO3)2]·H2O}n (4), {[Cu(btr)3](ClO4)2}n (5), {[Cd(btr)3](ClO4)2}n (6), {[Cd3(btr)8(H2O)2](BF4)6}n (7), and {[Cd3(btr)8(N(CN)2)2](BF4)4}n (8), were obtained from the corresponding metal salts with bis(4,4′-bis-1,2,4-triazole) (btr), and their structures were fully characterized. X-ray diffraction analyses revealed that compounds 1 and 2 were analogous, and 2 can be viewed as SCN− or BF4− anions replacing the coordinated water molecules in 1, exhibiting the two-dimensional (2D) meso coordination networks. 2 and 3 were isolated from the same crystallization, and 3 crystallized in a chiral space group P212121 with one-dimensional (1D) left-handed [Cu(btr)]∞ helical chains. When the BF4− anions were replaced by NO3− and ClO4− anions, completely different three-dimensional (3D) coordination polymers 4 and 5 were isolated, respectively; btr exhibited two bridging fashions...