A cobalt-coordination polymer as a highly selective and sensitive luminescent sensor for detecting 2,4,6-trinitrophenol

AbstractIn this paper, a new three-dimensional network coordination polymer {[Co(TPTC)(HBPDPE)2·2H2O]·3H2O}n [[[(1:1′:4′,1″-terphenyl)-3,3″,5,5″-tetracarboxylic cobalt (II)] dipyridine dihydrate] trihydrate] (Complex 1) was generated under solvothermal synthesis by rigid conjugated ligand H4TPTC ([1:1′:4′,1″-terphengl]-3,3″,5,5″-tetracarboxylic), V-shaped BPDPE (4,4′-bis (pyridyl) diphenyl ether) and Co(II) ion. In complex 1, the neighboring Co(II) ions are linked by deprotonated TPTC4- to achieve a 1D zigzag chain [Co(TPTC)(HBPDPE)2]n, then the adjacent [Co(TPTC)(HBPDPE)2]n chains linked each other by various H-bondings to extend the structure from 1D chain to 3D network. Complex 1 has excellent fluorescence sensing performance and exhibits high sensitivity and selectivity for detecting 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP), the quenching constant Ksv is up to 2.08 × 105 M−1 along with the correlation coefficient R2 of 0.993. Furthermore, the quench mechanisms of this Co-MOF as a sensor to detect nitro- aromatic explosives were studied as well.A new three-dimensional coordination polymer {[Co(TPTC)(HBPDPE)2·2H2O]·3H2O}n (1), constructed by 1D zigzag chains and H-bondings interactions, was synthesized under solvothermal condition by a rigid conjugated ligand H4TPTC ([1:1′:4′,1″-terphengl]-3,3″,5,5″-tetracarboxylic), BPDPE (4,4′-bis (pyridyl) diphenyl) and Co(II) ion. Complex 1 has excellent fluorescence sensing performance for detecting Nitroaromatic explosive (NAE) 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP), the quenching constant Ksv is up to 2.08 × 105 M−1, and the quenching mechanism was studied as well.Keywords: Coordination polymercrystal structureluminescent sensingnitroaromatic explosives Author contribution statementCuiping Wang: Collecting experimental data, Writing-original draft. WenWen Sheng: Writing-review & editing. Chen Sun: Collecting experimental data. Jie Lei: Collecting experimental data. JinSong Hu: Conceptualization, Writing-review & editing, Supervision.Data availabilityData will be made available on request.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work thanks to the fund support of the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21671004) and the Key Project of Natural Science Research for Colleges and Universities of Anhui Province (KJ2020A0958), CCDC: 2165480