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A 3D coordination polymer [CdK 6 (μ 2 -H 2 O) 2 (BODSDC) 2 (H 2 O)] n ( 1 ) based on the novel benzophenone-3,3′-disulfonyl-4,4′-dicarboxylate (BODSDC 4− ) ligand was synthesized and structurally characterized. The carboxylate and sulfonate groups of the organic ligands as well as the bridging water molecules connect the Cd 2+ and K + ions to produce a 2D layer, which is linked by the benzophenone moieties to give a 3D pillared framework. Compound 1 crystallizes in an acentric space group of Cc and has a large second-harmonic-generation (SHG) response of 1.3 times that of potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) in the particle size of 25–210 μm. Further SHG measurements revealed that the material is type-I phase-matchable. The observed SHG efficiency is associated with the unsymmetrical geometry of the organic ligand and the distorted coordination polyhedrons of metal centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Three cadmium(II) coordination polymers constructed from 5,7-disulfonate-1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylate and N-containing ligands, {[Cd2(DSNPDC)(phen)(H2O)4]·2.5H2O}n (1), {[Cd2(DSNPDC)(phen)2(H2O)4]·3H2O}n (2) and [Cd2(DSNPDC)(bpy)2(H2O)4]n (3) (H4-DSNPDC = 5,7-disulfonate-1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, and bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine), were synthesized and characterized. Compound 1 displays a two-dimensional (2D) layered structure. In 2 and 3, the dinuclear [Cd2(COO)2] units are connected by DSNPDC4– ligands to generate one-dimensional (1D) chains. Due to the presence of the terminal chelating phen/bpy ligands, all compounds show low dimensional structures. Compounds 1–3 exhibit fluorescence emissions centered at 378, 419 and 376 nm, respectively, which are assigned to ligand-centered emissions or ligand-to-metal charge transfer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]