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Synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic properties of a phenoxo-bridged dinuclear Cu(II) complex and a dicyanamide bridged novel molecular rectangle based on it

Biswas, A., Drew, M., Ribas, J., Diaz, C. and Ghosh, A. (2011) Synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic properties of a phenoxo-bridged dinuclear Cu(II) complex and a dicyanamide bridged novel molecular rectangle based on it. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2011 (15). pp. 2405-2412. ISSN 1434-1948

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201100067

Abstract/Summary

The phenoxo-bridged dinuclear Cu-II complex [Cu2L2-(NCNCN)(2)] (1) and the dicyanamide-bridged molecular rectangle [Cu4L4{mu(1,5)-(NCNCN)(2)}]center dot(ClO4)(2)(H2O)(2) (2) were synthesized using the tridentate reduced Schiff-base ligand HL {2-[(2-dimethylamino-ethylamino) methyl] phenol}. The complexes were characterized by X-ray structural analyses and variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements. Complex 2 was formed through the joining of the phenoxo-bridged dinuclear Cu2O2 cores of 1 via the mu(1,5)-bridging mode of dicyanamide. The structural properties of the Cu2O2 cores in two complexes are significantly different. The geometry of the copper ions is distorted trigonal bipyramid in 1 but is nearly square-pyramidal in 2. These differences have a marked effect on the magnetic properties of two compounds. Although both are antiferromagnetically coupled, the coupling constants (J = -185.2 and -500.9 cm(-1) for 1 and 2, respectively) differ considerably.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
ID Code:30440
Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell

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