Abstract—Pyridine functionalised imidazolium salt (1, 3-
bis(4-picoly)imidazolium chloride) (1) was synthesized from
the reaction of picolyl chloride and imidazole in the presence of
sodium hydride in DMF through solvothermal process. It was
characterized spectroscopically and by single crystal X-ray
analysis. Reaction of this pyridine substituted imidazolium salt
with Ag2O and Cu2O results in the formation of two
coordination polymers, [Ag-((4–Picolyl)2 Imidazolium)2]
hexafluorophosphate (4) and [Cu-((4–Picolyl)2 Imidazolium)2]
hexafluorophosphate (5). These compounds were characterized
spectroscopically (1H and 13C NMR), by elemental analysis
and also using single crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds 4
and 5 crystallised in the monoclinic system, space group P 2/c.
and were found to be isostructural exhibiting 1D coordination
frameworks.
Index Terms—Imidazolium salts, metal organic frameworks,
pyridine, solvothermal.
I. T. Siraj is with the Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry,
Bayero University, Kano. P.M.B. 3011, Kano, Nigeria (e-mail:
istajdundun@yahoo.com).
M. D. Spicer is with the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1
1XL, United Kingdom (e-mail: m.d.spicer@strath.ac.uk).
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Cite:Ibrahim T. Siraj and Mark D. Spicer, "Building Metal Organic Frameworks with Pyridine
Fuctionalised Imidazolium Salts Spacers," International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 4, no. 4 pp. 199-203, 2013.
