Syntheses and structural studies of heterobimetallic thiocarboxylate complexes containing zinc and silver

Two new metal-chalcogenide-cluster-based frameworks with single metal ions of Zn2+(/Sb3+) serving as inter-cluster linkers

Two new metal-chalcogenide-cluster-based frameworks, in which P1-ZnSnS clusters are linked to each other by both corner-shared S^2- ions and single metal ions of Zn²⁺ (or Sb³⁺) to form one new 3D (3,4)-connected network (MCCF-22) and one 2D-layered framework (MCCF-23), respectively, are reported. Notably, MCCF-22 exhibits good performance toward photodegradation of methylene blue compared with its analogue framework with only S^2- ions as the linker.

Studies of structural diversity due to inter-/intra-molecular hydrogen bonding and photoluminescent properties in thiocarboxylate Cu(i) and Ag(i) complexes

Cu(I) and Ag(I) thiocarboxylate complexes containing 2-mercaptobenzimidazole and 2-mercapto-2-thiazoline were synthesized. Direction of H-bonding depends on the R-group of thiocarboxylate ligands. AIM and NBO (DFT) calculations revealed the nature of M-M interactions in complex 7.