Reactions of chromium(III) complexes with ferricyanide. Magnetism of K-2[Cr(salen)(H2O)][Fe(CN)(6)]center dot H2O and the crystal structure of [trans-Cr(tn)(2)Cl-2](3)[Fe(CN)(6)]center dot 6H(2)O [salen(2-) = N,N '-ethylenebis(salicylideneaminato) dianion, tn = 1,3-diaminopropane]
Hz. Kou et al., Reactions of chromium(III) complexes with ferricyanide. Magnetism of K-2[Cr(salen)(H2O)][Fe(CN)(6)]center dot H2O and the crystal structure of [trans-Cr(tn)(2)Cl-2](3)[Fe(CN)(6)]center dot 6H(2)O [salen(2-) = N,N '-ethylenebis(salicylideneaminato) dianion, tn = 1,3-diaminopropane], TRANSIT MET, 26(4-5), 2001, pp. 457-460
Two Cr-III-Fe-III complexes, K-2[Cr(salen)(H2O)][Fe(CN)(6)].H2O (1) and [tr
ans-Cr(tn)(2)Cl-2](3)[Fe(CN)(6)]. 6H(2)O (2), have been prepared. Crystal s
tructure determination shows that complex (2) possesses an ionic salt struc
ture. General physical measurements and magnetic studies indicate that (1)
assumes a cyanide-bridged dinuclear structure, and that the Cr-III-Fe-III m
agnetic coupling through the cyanide bridge is antiferromagnetic, which can
be rationalized by the overlap of magnetic orbitals of the same symmetry.