Syntheses, structures, and magnetic properties of cyano-bridged heterobimetallic complexes based on [Fe(bpca)(CN)3]-

He Rui Wen, Cai Feng Wang, Jing Lin Zuo, You Song, Xi Rui Zeng, Xiao Zeng You

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Abstract

Two new cyano-bridged one-dimensional heterobimetallic coordination polymers, [(bpca)2FeIII2(CN) 6Cu(H2O)2·1.5H2O] n (2) and [(bpca)FeIII(CN)3Cu(bpca)(H 2O)·H2O]n (3), and a trinuclear complex, [(bpca)2FeIII2(CN)6Mn(CH 3OH)2(H2O)2]·2H2O (4), have been synthesized using the tailored tricyanometalate precursor (Bu4N)[Fe(bpca)(CN)3]·H2O (1) (Bu 4N+ = tetrabutylammonium cation; bpca = bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl)amidate anion) as a building block and structurally characterized. In complex 2, the CuII ions are six-coordinated in an elongated distorted octahedral environment, and they are linked by distorted octahedrons of [Fe(bpca)(CN)3]- to form 1D chain of squares. Complex 3 is an unexpected chiral heterobimetallic helical chain complex, in which the helical chain consists of the asymmetric unit of [(bpca)Fe(CN)3Cu(bpca)(H2O)]. In complex 4, there are two independent trinuclear clusters in one asymmetric unit, and the coordination modes of the two methanol and two water molecules coordinating to the central Mn(II) ion are different (cis and trans). Complex 2 shows metamagnetic behavior with a Neel temperature of TN = 2.2 K and a critical field of 250 Oe at 1.8 K, where the cyanides mediate the intrachain ferromagnetic coupling between the CuII and FeIII ions. Complex 3 shows ferromagnetic coupling between CuII and FeIII ions, the best-fit for χMT versus T using a 1D alternating chain model leads to the parameters J1 = 7.9(3) cm-1, J2 = 1.03(2) cm-1, and g = 2.196(3). Complex 4 exhibits ferrimagnetic behavior caused by the noncompensation of the local interacting spins (S Mn = 5/2 and SFe = 1/2) which interact antiferromagnetically through bridging cyano groups.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)582-590
Number of pages9
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume45
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Jan 2006
Externally publishedYes

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