Ab. Burdukov et al., SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE 1ST METAL-COMPLEX WITH AN INDOLE NITROXIDE, Polyhedron, 12(13), 1993, pp. 1705-1710
Copper hexafluoroacetylacetonate reacts with an indole nitroxide (1,2-
dihydro-3-oxo-2,2-diphenyl-3H-indole-1-oxyl) in hexane to yield a trin
uclear complex with two bridging nitroxides, ,2-dihydro-3-oxo-2,2-diph
enyl-3H-indole-1-oxyl)-O; ]hexa-kis(hexafluoroacetylacetonato)tricoppe
r(II), which has been structurally characterized by X-ray crystallogra
phy. The nitroxide functions of the paramagnetic ligands are coordinat
ed to the terminal copper atoms. Magnetic measurements revealed strong
antiferromagnetic coupling between the spins of the nitroxides and of
the terminal copper atoms.