Countercomplementarity and strong ferromagnetic coupling in a linear mixedmu-acetato, mu-hydroxo trinuclear copper(II) complex. Synthesis, structure, magnetic properties, EPR, and theoretical studies
L. Gutierrez et al., Countercomplementarity and strong ferromagnetic coupling in a linear mixedmu-acetato, mu-hydroxo trinuclear copper(II) complex. Synthesis, structure, magnetic properties, EPR, and theoretical studies, INORG CHEM, 39(16), 2000, pp. 3608-3614
The structural and magnetic data of the trinuclear compound [Cu-3(L)(2)(CH3
COO)(2)(OH)(2)(dmf)(2)] (HL = N-(2-methylpyridyl)toluensulfonylamide) are r
eported. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2
(1)/n (no. 14), with a = 11.6482(6) Angstrom, b = 13.5772(6) Angstrom, c =
13.5306(7) Angstrom, alpha = 90 degrees, beta = 92.859(5)degrees, gamma = 9
0 degrees, and Z = 2. The three copper atoms form an exact linear arrangeme
nt. Neighboring coppers are connected by a hydroxo bridge and a bidentate s
yn-syn carboxylato group. The coordination spheres of the terminal copper a
toms are square pyramidal with a dmf molecule as the apical ligand. The cen
tral copper has a regular square planar geometry. The mixed bridging by a h
ydroxide oxygen atom and a bidentate carboxylato group leads to a noncoplan
arity of the adjacent basal coordination planes with a dihedral angle of 51
.96(9)degrees. Susceptibility measurements (2-300 K) reveal a strong ferrom
agnetic coupling, J = 93(6) cm(-1), in the mixed-bridged moiety leading to
a quartet ground state that is confirmed by the EPR spectra. The ferromagne
tic exchange coupling is discussed using DFT calculations on model compound
s that have shown a countercomplementary effect of the hydroxo and acetate
bridges.