Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of discrete d–f heterodinuclear complexes designed from tetrahedrally distorted [Cu(salabza)] (H2salabza = N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-2-aminobenzylamine) and [Ln(hfac)3] (Hhfac = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetone, Ln = Gd or Lu)
Abstract
A tetrahedrally distorted mononuclear copper(II) complex, [Cu(salabza)] 1, and two dinuclear CuLn complexes, [Cu(salabza)Ln(hfac)3] (Ln = Gd 2 or Lu 3), were synthesized and their molecular structures determined, where H2salabza and Hhfac denote N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-2-aminobenzylamine and 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetone, respectively. In complex 1 the deviations of the four co-ordinating atoms (O(1), O(2), N(1) and N(2)) of salabza2− and the