Synthesis, crystal structure, and properties of a double-helical zinc(II) coordination polymer with Ozagrel drug.

By the reaction of Zn(OAc)(2)·2H(2)O with Ozagrel, (E)-3-(4-((1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)phenyl)acrylic acid (Himpaa), a novel coordination polymer Zn(impaa)(2)(1) was synthesized and was characterized by IR, elemental analysis, single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis. The four-coordinate Zn(II) ions are linked into 1D double-helical chain by the deprotonated impaa(-), which is extended into a 3D supramolecular structure through intermolecular C-H···O hydrogen bonds.