Том 56, № 4 ЖУРНАЛ СТРУКТУРНОЙ ХИМИИ Июль КРАТКИЕ СООБЩЕНИЯ UDC 548.73:547.13:546.48 CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES OF A ONE-DIMENSIONAL Cd(II) COORDINATION POLYMER CONSTRUCTED BY 4,4 ′ ′ -DI-TERT-BUTYL-2,2 -BIPYRIDINE AND 5-TERT-BUTYL ISOPHTHALIC ACID X.J. Xu, J. Wang Department of Chemistry, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, Jiangsu, P.R. China E-mail: wjyctu@gmail.com Received November, 25, 2013 A one-dimensional Cd(II) complex [Cd(Bu2bpy)(tbip)⋅H2O]n (1) (Bu2bpy = 4,4′-di-tert-butyl2,2′-bipyridine, H2tbip = 5-tert-butyl isophthalic acid) is synthesized and characterized using single crystal X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. <...> The single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that complex 1 is a one-dimensional double chain polymer based on {Cd2(OCO)2} dimeric kernels with a Cd ⋯ Cd separation of 4.3197(7) Е. <...> The thermal stability and luminescent properties of the title complex are briefly investigated. <...> Considerable efforts have been focused on the rational design and synthesis of coordination polymers not only because of their intriguing structural diversity and new topologies but also due to their potential applications in gas storage, chemical separations, microelectronics, nonlinear optics, heterogeneous catalysis, and so on [ 1—8]. <...> It is well-known that the structure of the coordination polymer is usually influenced by several factors in the self-assembly process, such as organic ligands, solvents, metal atoms, temperature, and so on [ 9—14]. <...> Among these factors, the choice of organic ligands plays a key role in directing the ultimate architectures of the complexes. <...> In the present study, we have selected H2tbip and Bu2bpy as the organic ligands generating the title new Cd(II) coordination polymer [Cd(Bu2bpy)(tbip)⋅H2O]n (1), the crystal structure of which we now report. <...> The infrared spectrum was obtained in the range 4000—400 cm–1 as KBr disks on a VECTOR 22 spectrometer. <...> The elemental analysis was performed on a Perkin Elmer 240C elemental analyzer. <...> The thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) was performed on a Perkin-Elmer Pyris 1 TGA analyzer from room temperature to 950 °C with a heating rate of 20 °C <...>