Water‐Stable Coordination Polymers as Dual Fluorescent Sensors for Highly Oxidizing Anions Cr2O72− and MnO4−

Due to their striking optical properties, luminescent coordination polymers as sensors for the detection of hazardous species have drawn interest of researchers in consideration of the control of environmental pollution. In this work, the organic ligand 2-(4-((E)-2-(pyridine-2-yl)vinyl)styryl)pyridine (2-bpeb), which possesses a large π-conjugated system, was employed to react with d¹⁰ metal ions to obtain novel luminescent coordination polymers. Three complexes [Cd(2-bpeb)_0.5 (CNA)(H₂ O)] (CP1), [Cd(2-bpeb)_0.5 (NDC)] (CP2) and [Zn(2-bpeb)(BDC)] (CP3) were synthesized successfully by introducing carboxylic acids of 4-carboxycinnamic acid (H₂ CNA), 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid (H₂ NDC) and 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid (H₂ BDC) as auxiliary ligands. Because of the existence of the large π-conjugated system and d¹⁰ metal ions, all of these coordination polymers exhibit striking fluorescence properties. Impressively, all of them can function as sensors for the detection of highly oxidizing anions MnO₄ ^- and Cr₂ O₇ ^2- , with an increased sensitivity for MnO₄ ^- .