Two ferromagnetic azido-bridged copper(ll) complexes studied by first-principle electronic-structure calculation
1Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Laser Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. zhangysthinker@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The electronic structures of two ferromagnetic polynuclear copper(II) complexes, derived from end-to-end azido ligand and tridentate (NNN donor) Schiff base ligand, have been studied using the full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method based on the density-functional theory. They are [Cu(L1)(micro-1,3-N3)]n(ClO4)n (1) and [Cu(L2)(micro-1,3-N3)]n(ClO4)n (2). The result shows that the spin populations in these two complexes are mainly distributed on the equatorial planes of a square pyramidal that surround the copper(II) ions. There are large and positive spin populations on copper(II) ions, small and positive spin populations on the three nitrogen atoms of tridentate Schiff base ligand, and the two terminal nitrogen atoms of asymmetrical end-to-end azido ligand, while weak and negative spin populations on the central nitrogen atoms of asymmetrical end-to-end azido ligand. Ferromagnetic coupling through the asymmetrical azido ligand in these two complexes has been mainly attributed to the spin delocalization, also with weak spin-polarization effect.
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