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chelating fashion to link two different metal centers to generate
one-dimensional structures in complex 2, and coordinates with
the metal in chelate and monodentate modes to link four metal
centers to offer one-dimensional structures in complex 3
(Fig. 4). This reveals that introduction of different ancillary
ligands can mediate the coordination model of carboxylate
groups and therefore afford structures with dimensional
diversity. Moreover, complexes 1–3 exhibit solid-state uores-
cence properties at room temperature.
Acknowledgements
Fig. 11 XRD powder patterns of complexes 1–3.
This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foun-
dation of China (Grant no. 21471070, 21461010, 21261009 and
21206062), Young Scientist Foundation of Jiangxi Province and
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (GJJ11453),
Jiangxi Province Science and Technology Support Program
(20131102040132).
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