1,2-, 1,3- and 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylates of Cd and Mn with chain and layered structures

A systematic study has been carried out on the three isomeric cyclohexanedicarboxylates (CHDCs) formed by cadmium and manganese with the three isomeric dicarboxylic acids, in the presence or absence of amines. The CHDCs have been prepared under hydrothermal conditions and their structures established by X-ray crystallography. We have been able to isolate two-dimensional layered structures of 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylates and chain structures of 1,3- and 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylates. The infinite metal - oxygen - metal linkages are observed only in the case of the 1,2- dicarboxylate. In all the three isomeric cyclohexanedicarboxylates, the e, e conformation is most favored, although the 1,4-CHDCs often contain rings in both the e, e and the a, e conformations.