A unique single carboxylate-bridged spin-frustrated chiral Mn(II) metallatriangle

作者:Perea Buceta Jesus E; Mota Antonio J; Costes Jean Pierre; Sillanpaa Reijo; Krzystek J; Colacio Enrique*
来源:Dalton Transactions, 2010, 39(42): 10286-10292.
DOI:10.1039/c0dt00613k

摘要

The reaction between Hmbpymca ligand (prepared in situ from the hydrolysis of 5-methyl-4-cyano-bispyrimidine with NaOH and further neutralization with 2 M HCl) and Mn(ClO4)(2)center dot 4H(2)O in 1 : 1 molar ratio afforded the triangulo-trimanganese(II) complex [Mn-3(bpymca)(3)(H2O)(6)]Cl-3 center dot 6H(2)O 1. The chloride anions in this complex come from the HCl used in the neutralization process. The molecular structure of 1 consists of cationic molecular triangles [Mn-3(mu-mbpymca)(3)(H2O)(6)](3+) with C-3 symmetry, chloride anions and crystallization water molecules, all of them involved in an extensive network of hydrogen bonds, leading to a chiral network. Within the [Mn-3(m-mbpymca)(3)(H2O)(6)](3+) cations, seven-coordinated Mn(II) ions are bridged by both oxygen atoms of the carboxylate groups and exhibit a MnO5N2 compressed pentagonal bipyramidal coordination environment. The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility shows the presence of weak antiferromagnetic interactions between Mn-II ions mediated by the carboxylate group of the mbpymca ligand and the existence of a 3D antiferromagnetic ordering below 4 K, which has its origin in the AF inter-trimer exchange interactions mediated by the strong hydrogen bonds present in the crystal of 1. The experimental magnetic susceptibility data above 7 K could be satisfactorily fitted to the theoretical analytical expression derived from the spin Hamiltonian H = -J(S1S2 + S1S3 + S2S3) with J = -0.782(3) cm(-1) and g = 2.092(3). The model predicts a degenerate ground state with an S = 1/2, which is typical of triangular trimetallic spin frustrated systems containing metal with non-integer spins. DFT calculations were performed on the molecular structure as found in the solid state to support the experimental J value and the Mn-O-carb-Mn as the primarily exchange pathway.

  • 出版日期2010