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Coordination polymers (CPs) have been widely studied because of their diverse and adjustable topologies and wide‐ranging applications in luminescence, chemical sensors, magnetism, photocatalysis, gas adsorption and separation. In the present work, two coordination polymers, namely poly[(μ5‐benzene‐1,3,5‐tricarboxylato‐κ6O1:O1′:O3:O3:O5,O5′){μ3‐1,3‐bis[(1,2,4‐triazol‐4‐yl)methyl]benzene‐κ3N:N′:N′′}di‐μ3‐hydroxido‐dicobalt(II)], [Co2(C9H3O6)(OH)(C12H12N6)]n or [Co2(btc)(OH)(mtrb)]n, (1), and poly[[diaquabis(μ3‐benzene‐1,3,5‐tricarboxylato‐κ3O1:O3:O5)bis{μ3‐1,3‐bis[(1,2,4‐triazol‐4‐yl)methyl]benzene‐κ3N:N′:N′′}tetra‐μ3‐hydroxido‐tetracopper(II)] monohydrate], {[Cu4(C9H3O6)2(OH)2(C12H12N6)2(H2O)2]·H2O}n or {[Cu4(btc)2(OH)2(mtrb)2(H2O)2]·H2O}n, (2), were synthesized by the hydrothermal method using 1,3‐bis[(1,2,4‐triazol‐4‐yl)methyl]benzene (mtrb) and benzene‐1,3,5‐tricarboxylate (btc3−). CP (1) exhibits a (3,8)‐coordinated three‐dimensional (3D) network of the 3,8T38 topological type, with a point symbol of {4,5,6}2{42·56·616·72·82}, based on the tetranuclear hydroxide cobalt(II) cluster [Co4(μ3‐OH)2]. CP (2) shows a (3,8)‐coordinated tfz‐d topology, with a point symbol of {43}2{46·618·84}, based on the tetranuclear hydroxide copper(II) cluster [Cu4(μ3‐OH)2]. The different (3,8)‐coordinated 3D networks based on tetranuclear hydroxide–metal clusters of (1) and (2) are controlled by the different central metal ions [CoII for (1) and CuII for (2)]. The thermal stabilities and solid‐state optical diffuse‐reflection spectra were measured. The energy band gaps (Eg) obtained for (1) and (2) were 2.72 and 2.29 eV, respectively. CPs (1) and (2) exhibit good photocatalytic degradation of the organic dyes methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RhB) under visible‐light irradiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A bifunctional cationic metal–organic framework {[Cu9(OH)6Cl2(itp)6(1,4-bdc)3](NO3)2(OH)2·20H2O}n (1-NO3-OH·20H2O) was synthesized and characterized (itp = 1-imidazol-1-yl-3-(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)propane, 1,4-bdc = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate). In 1-NO3-OH·20H2O, three [Cu3(μ3-OH)(μ2-OH)] trimeric clusters are bridged by two μ3-Cl and form a [Cu9(μ3-OH)3(μ2-OH)3(μ3-Cl)2] cluster. Such a nonanuclear copper(ii) cluster [Cu9(μ3-OH)3(μ2-OH)3(μ3-Cl)2] has not been reported till now, at least to the best of our knowledge. 1-NO3-OH·20H2O showed a 6-connected 2D 36-hxl net based on a nonanuclear copper(ii) cluster [Cu9(μ3-OH)3(μ2-OH)3(μ3-Cl)2]. 1-NO3-OH·20H2O is also the first 2D 36-hxl net-based nonanuclear cluster. 1-NO3-OH (guest-free phase) showed fast and highly efficient Cr2O72− and CrO42− trapping, and good recyclability for capturing Cr2O72− and CrO42−. The adsorption capacities of 1-NO3-OH to capture Cr2O72− and CrO42− were 1.762 mol mol−1 (154.8 mg g−1) and 1.896 mol mol−1 (89.5 mg g−1), respectively, at a molar ratio of 1 : 2 (1-NO3-OH to 2.5 × 10−3 mol L−1 Cr2O72− or CrO42−). 1-NO3-OH exhibited the selective sorption of Cr2O72− or CrO42− from a solution containing a mixture of Cr2O72− or CrO42− and a ten-fold molar amount of ClO4−, NO3−, Cl−, BF4− or a five-fold molar amount of mol L−1 SO42−. 1-NO3-OH could capture 87.9% dilute Cr2O72− or 91.8% dilute CrO42− at an equimolar 1-NO3-OH to 20 ppm Cr2O72− or CrO42−. 1-NO3-OH·20H2O exhibited a highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of the cationic organic dyes methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RhB) under visible light irradiation, and was shown to be a good photocatalyst for photocatalytic degradation of the cationic organic dyes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two copper(II) coordination polymers, {[Cu2(btre)(hsuc)Cl(H2O)]·1.5H2O}n (1) and {[Cu2(btre)(hsuc)Br(H2O)]·1.5H2O}n (2) (btre = 1,2-bis(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)ethane, H3hsuc = 2-hydroxysuccinic acid), were synthesized by the hydrothermal method via in situ hydroxylation reaction with fumarate (fum), btre and CuCl2/CuBr2, and characterized by elemental analyses, IR, TG and X-ray diffraction. 1 and 2 are isostructural and show a 4-connected 2-D network based on [Cu2O] dimers. 1 and 2 show good photocatalytic activity for the degradation of organic dyes methylene blue and methyl orange under UV light irradiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]