Two inorganic-organic hybrid complexes based on Mn(II) and Bi(III): Synthesis, crystal structure, and properties

Two manganese(II) and bismuth(III) complexes of the formulae [Mn(H 2 O) 6 ]·H 2 bptc ( 1 ) and (H 2 bipy) 2 [Bi 2 Cl 10 ]∙2H 2 O ( 2 ) (H 4 bptc = 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid, bipy  = 4,4′-bipyridine) were synthesized. The complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction, infrared spectra, and thermal analyses. Structurally, 1 is a mononuclear complex with a triclinic space group P 1 ‾ . 2 is a dinuclear complex and it is built of two Bi 3+ ion cores bridged through two Cl − ions. Furthermore, the result of fluorescence showed that 1 had fluorescent property. And the nanometer manganese oxide was prepared using 1 as a precursor. In addition, the photocatalytic activity of 2 on the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) was investigated and a possible photocatalytic mechanism was proposed.