nano-sized and single crystal of a 1d copper(i) coordination polymer: preparation, characterization, thermal and structural studies

Nano-sized powder of a new 1d copper(i) coordination polymer, [cu(nba2en)(ncs)]n (1), (nba2en = n,nʹ-bis (4-ntrobenzylidene)ethane-1,2-diamine, was synthesized using ultrasonic bath assisted and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (sem), ir and 1h-nmr spectroscopy, and elemental analyses. thermal stability of 1 was studied using thermogravimetric (tg) and differential thermal analyses (dta). the crystal structure was investigated by single-crystal x-ray diffraction. the structure of 1 consists of a 1d polymeric chain in which copper(i) ions are bridged by two thiocyanate group bonding in an end-to-end fashion, with cucu separation 5.556 (4) å.