Two pyrazole-based zinc(II) metal-organic frameworks, [(Zn
4(PDC)
2(BDC)(H
2O)
2]
n (compound 1, PDC = 1H-pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylic acid, BDC
= benzene-1,4,-dicarboxylic acid) and [(Zn
3(PDC)
2(BPY)
3(H
2O)
2]
n (compound 2, BPY = 4,4-bipyridine), were synthesized and
characterized by X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, thermogravimetric
analysis, infrared and fluorescence spectroscopy. Compound 1 crystallizes in space group
Pna2
1 with
a = 14.325(3),
b =
10.004(2),
c = 16.454(3) Å,
V = 2357.8(8) Å
3,
Z = 4,
Mr = 821.83,
Dc = 2.298 g·cm
-3,
F(000) =
1608,
GOOF = 1.163, the final
R = 0.0218 and
wR = 0.0686 for 5150 observed reflections with
I > 2
σ(
I). Compound 2 crystallizes in monoclinic space
group
C2/
c with
a = 17.034(2),
b = 11.6313(9),
c = 11.7608(13) Å,
V =
2034.9(4) Å
3,
Z = 2,
Mr = 1006.91,
Dc = 1.643 g·cm
-3,
F(000) = 1020,
GOOF = 1.084, the final
R = 0.0320 and
wR = 0.0768 for 2435 observed reflections with
I > 2
σ(
I).