Issue 14, 1998

Ferromagnetic exchange interaction of the Cu–Cu dimer [Cu2(picditn)(CH3CO2)(H2O)2Cl][ZnCl4]·0.5H2O [picditn = 1,11-bis(2-pyridyl)-2,6,10-triazaundecane]

Abstract

Elemental analysis, IR and UV/VIS spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility at room temperature and ESR at X- and Q-band at 300 and 77 K were carried out on the complex of formula C20H36Cl5Cu2N5O4.5Zn. Based on the elemental analysis, IR and UV/VIS results a bimetallic molecular structure is proposed where the acetate and the 1,11-bis(2-pyridyl)-2,6,10-triazaundecane groups bridge the copper(II) ions that locally have a square-based distorted pyramid geometry obeying approximately C4v molecular symmetry or lower. The d–d transitions are tentatively assigned. From the measured magnetic moment, µ = 2.55 µB, the calculated exchange interaction J = +76 cm–1, indicating an interaction of ferromagnetic character which is interpreted as being due to the accidental orthogonality of the bridged magnetic orbitals. The X- and Q-band spectra at 300 and 77 K show a single rather narrow resonance at g = 2.058, quite atypical of copper(II) monomeric species. The spectral features and their temperature behavior are fully rationalized in terms of a spin Hamiltonian with exchange, Zeeman and crystal-field interactions. The magnetic moment value and all the ESR features at 300 and 77 K are fully consistent with an exchange interaction of ferromagnetic character, J > 0, present in the CuII–CuII compound, and hence with the proposed mixed bridged dimeric molecular structure.

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1998, 2431-2436

Ferromagnetic exchange interaction of the Cu–Cu dimer [Cu2(picditn)(CH3CO2)(H2O)2Cl][ZnCl4]·0.5H2O [picditn = 1,11-bis(2-pyridyl)-2,6,10-triazaundecane]

S. Tirado-Guerra, N. A. Cuevas-Garibay, M. E. Sosa-Torres and R. Zamorano-Ulloa, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1998, 2431 DOI: 10.1039/A709197D

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