文摘
The metal-organic framework (MOF) compound Cu3(BTC)2(H2O)3·xH2O (BTC = benzene 1,3,5-tricarboxylate) was prepared by solvothermal synthesis under ambient pressure and structurally characterized bypowder X-ray diffraction and nitrogen adsorption at 77 K. X- and Q-band CW electron spin resonance andhyperfine sublevel correlation spectroscopies were used to explore the coordination state and location of theCu(II) ions in the porous coordination polymer. Cupric ions were found to be present in two different chemicalenvironments: (a) Cu(II)2 clusters in the paddle-wheel building blocks of the Cu3(BTC)2 network, giving riseto an antiferromagnetically coupled spin state in accordance with previous susceptibility measurements(J. Appl. Phys. 2000, 87, 6007). However, the cross-linking of the paddle wheels by the BTC linker leads toan additional spin exchange among dimers as evidenced by the characteristics of the S = 1 ESR signal oftheir excited spin state. (b) In addition, paramagnetic monomer Cu(II) species are accommodated in the poresystem of Cu3(BTC)2. They coordinate to adsorbed water molecules and form [Cu(H2O)6]2+ complexes, whichare inhomogeneously distributed over the Cu3(BTC)2 pore system.