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Methods of Ex Situ and In Situ Investigations of Structural Transformations: The Case of Crystallization of Metallic Glasses
Published on: June 7, 2018
Unprecedented heptacopper(II) cluster with body-centred anti-prismatic topology. Structure, magnetism and density
Himanshu Arora1, Joan Cano, Francesc Lloret
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208 016, India.
Abstract:
Using a (2-pyridyl)ethylamine-appended carboxylate ligand a new cluster [Cu(II)(7)(L)(4)(μ(3)-OH)(2)(H(2)O)(2)(DMF)(2)][ClO(4)](4)·4H(2)O (1) [L(2-): N-{CH(2)CH(2)(2-pyridyl)}(CH(2)CH(2)CO(2))(2)] is synthesized, as a result of 'coordination-driven self-assembly'. The structure of 1 is unique and consists of a centrosymmetric carboxylato- and hydroxo-bridged heptanuclear copper(II) cation, with body-centred anti-prismatic topology. The four crystallographically independent copper(II) centres differ markedly in their coordination geometry. In addition to establishing cluster authenticity, the structural analysis of 1 discloses two notable features. The existence of {Cu(II)(3)(μ(3)-OH)}(5+) core and H-bonded metal-coordinated carboxylate and water unit, with water acting as a proton donor. Both of these features have biological implications. Magnetic measurements reveal that in this unprecedented cluster the net magnetic-exchange is antiferromagnetic. The different types of magnetic-exchange coupling constants (J values) considered for magnetic data analysis appear to adopt a variety of values depending on the specific geometric parameters associated with two interacting copper(II) centres. Notably, for 1 a good agreement between the J values obtained from DFT calculations at the B3LYP level of theory and from the experimental data is achieved.
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