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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
A unique 2D framework containing linear trimeric cobalt(II) of mixed Td-Oh-Td geometries linked by two different
Min-Xia Yao1, Ming-Hua Zeng, Hua-Hong Zou
1Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Resources and Molecular Engineering, GuangXi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, PR China.
Abstract:
A new 2D coordination polymer Co3(OH)2(pa)2(ina)2 (1, pa = 3-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl) propanoic carboxylate, ina = isonicotinate) contained uncommon, linear Co(ii) trimers of mixed Td-Oh-Td geometries, exhibits spin canting below 20 K. Such magnetic behavior mainly arises from the Dzyaloshinski-Moriya interaction from the anisotropic, mixed geometries trimeric Co(II) ions to the crimpled 2D network based on the nature of the binding modes of Co(II)-carboxylate trimer and the effect of the intertrimers arrangement of 1. The mixed single-carboxylate-aromatic amine ligands bridged metal systems display a new structurally authenticated example of a thick 2D layer, and also indicate homometallic Co(II) clusters with Td-Oh-Td mixed-geometries can result in relatively obvious noncompensation moments, according to different efficient spins of Co(II) at very low temperature, in spite of antiferromagnetic intracluster interactions.
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