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Nigel G R Hearns1, Rodolphe Clérac, Michael Jennings
1Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.
Abstract:
The synthesis of 4'-CN, 5'-CN and 5'-Br substituted pyDTDA neutral radical bidentate ligands is reported (pyDTDA = 4-(2'-pyridyl)-1,2,3,5-dithiadiazolyl). The Ni(hfac)(2) and Mn(hfac)(2) coordination complexes of both cyano substituted ligands, and the Mn(hfac)(2) coordination complex of the bromo substituted ligand, have been prepared and the crystal packing of these is compared (hfac = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetonato-). Unlike the previously reported Mn(hfac)(2)(pyDTDA), the Mn(hfac)(2)(4'-CN-pyDTDA) complex does not form dimers in the solid-state making it possible to measure the magnetic coupling between the unpaired electrons on the coordinated Mn(ii) ion and the unpaired electron on the radical ligand by SQUID magnetometry; J/k(B) = -74(1) K, using H = -2J{S(Mn).S(Rad)} and g(av.) = 2.01.
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