摘要
Three lithium coordination polymers, [Li 4 (H 2 O) 2 (EDTA)] (1), [Li 4 (H 2 O) 4 (BTCA)] (2), and (H 2 NMe 2 ) 2 [Li 2 (H 2 O) 2 (BTCA)] (3) (H 4 EDTA = ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, H 4 BTCA = 1,2,3,4-butane tetracarboxylic acid, H 2 NMe 2 = dimethyl amine), have been synthesized by reacting lithium salts with aliphatic carboxylic acids using a solvothermal method. The structures of all the three complexes have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The single crystal structure analysis revealed that complex 1 has a three-dimensional framework, whereas complex 2 has 2D sheets and complex 3 has 1D chains. In addition, these lithium complexes contain various inorganic motifs with a tetramer in 1 and 2, and discrete tetrahedra in 3 and have further been connected through organic ligands to construct multidimensional structures. Further, the electrochemical properties of complexes 1-3 have been studied to evaluate these compounds as electrode materials for lithium ion batteries with discharge capacities of around 100 mA h g -1 in the first thirty cycles. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.