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The combination of terbium nitrate and 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid (H2BDC)
in the presence of triethylamine yields the compound Tb-2(BDC)(3).(H2O)(4)
, which has an extended nonporous structure constructed from copolymerized
BDC and To(III) units. The multidentate functionality of BDC and the tenden
cy of Tb to have a high coordination number has allowed water to act as a t
erminal ligand to Tb in the structure. Upon thermally liberating the water
ligands, a microporous material, Tb-2(BDC)(3), is achieved, which has exten
ded 1-D channels and the same framework structure as that of the as-synthes
ized solid as evidenced by XRPD. Water sorption isotherm data proves that T
b-2(BDC)(3) has permanent microporosity, and points to the presence of acce
ssible metal sites within the pores, which also allows the sorption of ammo
nia to give Tb-2(BDC)(3).(NH3)(4) Luminescence Lifetime measurements confir
m that resorbed water and sorbed ammonia are bound to Tb and that they give
distinctly different decay constants.