Temperature- and solvent-dependent structures of three zinc(II) metal-organic frameworks for nitroaromatic explosives detection

Three zinc(II) metal-organic frameworks have been solvothermally synthesized with V-shaped 1,3-bis(1-imidazolyl)benzene (bib) and 4,4'-oxydibenzoic acid (4,4'-H2oba), namely {[Zn(bib)(oba)]⋅solvents}n (1), {[Zn(bib)(oba)]·2H2O}n (2) and {[Zn2(bib)2(oba)2]⋅2EtOH⋅H2O}n (3). All of them are characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, infrared spectra and powder X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 presents a two-fold interpenetrating three-dimensional structure with 4-connected (65.8) topology. While, complexes 2 and 3 exhibit double layer cavity and double chains based two-dimensional structure, respectively. Luminescent studies indicate that 2 and 3 display selectively sensitive to electron-deficient nitroaromatic explosives with excellent anti-interference abilities.