Structural characterization, electrochemical, photoluminescence and thermal properties of potassium ion-mediated coordination polymer

A polymeric potassium complex of p-nitrophenol was synthesized and characterized by analytical and spectroscopic techniques. Molecular structure of the complex was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction study. X-ray structural data show that crystals contain polymeric K+ complex of p-nitrophenol. Asymmetric unit consists of one p-nitrophenolate, one K+ ion and one water molecule. All bond lengths and angles in the phenyl rings have normal Csp2-Csp2 values and are in the expected ranges. The p-nitrophenolate is close to planar with small distortions by some atoms. Each potassium ion in the polymeric structure is identical and eight-coordinate, bonded to four nitro, two phenolate oxygen atoms from five p-nitrophenolate ligands and two oxygen atoms from two water molecules. Electronic, electrochemical, photoluminescence and thermal properties of the complex were also investigated. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V.