A novel organic-inorganic hybrid compound constructed from mixed ligands, Co3（SIP）2（bipy）4（H2O）6·6.5H2O （H3SIP = 5-sulfoisophthalic acid, bipy = 4,4′-bipyridyl）, has been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by IR, TGA and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs to orthorhombic, space group P212121 with a = 11.395（2）, b = 19.395（4）, c = 30.675（6） A^°, Mr = 1513.05, V= 6779（2） A^°^3, Dc= 1.482 g/cm^3, F（000） = 3120, μ = 0.873 mm^-1, Z= 4, the final R = 0.0439 and wR = 0.119 for 13421 observed reflections with I〉 2σ（I）. The structure of the compound presents a 3-D framework containing Co-bipy 1-D chain and 2-D bilayer motifs and carboxylate spacers, and the connection of 1-D chain and 2-D bilayer motifs by carboxylate ligand results in the final open framework with twofold interpenetration net. A probe reaction of the oxidation of benzaldehyde with H2O2 using the title compound as catalyst was carded out in a liquid-solid system, showing that the compound has high oxidative catalytic activity to the reaction.
A novel organic-inorganic hybrid compound, [Pb2I4（bipy）], （bipy = 4,4′-bipyridine）, was synthesized by self-assembly and its structure was determined by X-ray crystallography method The crystal belongs to the monoclinic system, space group P2 1/c with α = 4.4691（9）, b = 15.385（3）, c = 14.136（3） A, β = 93.75（3）°, V= 969.9（3） A^3, Mr = 1078.16, Dc= 3.692 g/cm^3, F（000） = 916, μ = 23.688 mm^-1, Z = 2, the final R = 0.0395 and wR = 0.0887 for 1557 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）. The title compound presents a two-dimensional layer-like structure constructed from [PbI5N] octahedron and bis-bridging ligand 4,4′-bipyridine. The fluorescence of the title compound is also discussed in this communication.
