COMPETING EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS AND GROUND-STATE VARIABILITY - LINEARHOMOTRINUCLEAR AND HETEROTRINUCLEAR MANGANESE(III), MANGANESE(IV) COMPLEXES WITH TRIS(DIMETHYLGLYOXIMATO)METALATE(II) TETRAANIONS AS BRIDGING LIGANDS
F. Birkelbach et al., COMPETING EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS AND GROUND-STATE VARIABILITY - LINEARHOMOTRINUCLEAR AND HETEROTRINUCLEAR MANGANESE(III), MANGANESE(IV) COMPLEXES WITH TRIS(DIMETHYLGLYOXIMATO)METALATE(II) TETRAANIONS AS BRIDGING LIGANDS, Inorganic chemistry, 37(8), 1998, pp. 2000-2008
Two series of linear homo-and heterotrinuclear complexes, (MnMMnIII)-M
-III-Mn-II and (MnMMnIV)-M-IV-Mn-II, where Mn represents Mn-II (1 and
5), N-II (2 and 6), Cu-II (3 and 7), or Zn-II (4 and 8), containing th
ree dimethylglyoximato dianions (dmg(2-)) as bridging ligands and 1,4,
7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane (L) as the capping ligand for the
terminal Mn-III or Mn-IV ions, have been synthesized. Compounds 1-8 ha
ve been characterized on the basis of elemental analyses, IR, UV-vis,
and EPR spectroscopy, and variable-temperature (2-295 K) magnetic susc
eptibility measurements. The trinuclear complexes are quasi-isostructu
ral with the terminal manganese ions in a distorted octahedral environ
ment, (MnN3O3)-N-III/IV, and the divalent metal ions M are six-coordin
ate with the (MN6)-N-II chromophore. The molecular structures of the c
ompounds [LMnIII{(mu-dmg)(3)Mn-II}(MnL)-L-III](ClO4)(2) (1) and [LMnII
I{(mu-dmg)(3)Cu-II}(MnL)-L-III](ClO4)(2) (3) have been established by
X-ray diffraction. 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space grou
p C2/c, with cell constants a = 32.472(6) Angstrom, b = 9.058(2) Angst
rom, c = 16.729(3) Angstrom, beta = 107.60(3)degrees, V = 4690.2(16) A
ngstrom(3), and Z = 4. The crystal data for 3 are as follows: monoclin
ic, space group C2/c, a 32.686(5) Angstrom, b = 8.870(1) Angstrom c =
16.867(2) Angstrom, beta = 108.65(1), V = 4633(1) Angstrom(3), and Z =
4. Analyses of the susceptibility data indicate the presence of weak
to moderate exchange interactions, both ferro-and antiferromagnetic, b
etween the paramagnetic centers. It has been conclusively demonstrated
that there are indeed two different coupling constants, J = J(12) = J
(23) and J(13), operative in these linear trinuclear complexes. J(13)
represents the exchange interaction between two terminal paramagnetic
centers separated by a distance of similar to 7 Angstrom. The effect o
f J(13) On the energy-splitting pattern has been demonstrated by the v
ariability of the ground states. A qualitative rationale has been prov
ided for the difference in magnetic behaviors. The cyclic voltammogram
s of complexes 1-8 reveal two reversible and two quasireversible one-e
lectron redox processes. The central divalent metal ion in these compl
exes is redox-inactive.