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Verónica Gómez1, Montserrat Corbella, Olivier Roubeau
1Departament de Química Inorgànica, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. veronica.gomez@qi.ub.es
Abstract:
Three dinuclear Mn(III) compounds with oxo and carboxylato bridges have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction: [{Mn(L)(NN)}(μ-2-ClC(6)H(4)COO)(2)(μ-O){Mn(L')(NN)}](n+) with NN = 2,2'-bipyridine (1 and 2) or 1,10-phenanthroline (3). The counteranion is either NO(3)(-) (1 and 3) or ClO(4)(-) (2) and the monodentate positions (L, L') could be occupied by molecules of water or the counteranion. For compound 1, L = H(2)O and L' = NO(3)(-); compound 2 shows two different dinuclear units and L and L' could be H(2)O or ClO(4)(-), and for compound 3 both monodentate positions are occupied by nitrate anions. The magnetic properties of the three compounds have been analyzed using the Hamiltonian H = -JS(1)·S(2). Compound 1 exhibits a dominant ferromagnetic behavior, with J = 3.0 cm(-1), |D(Mn)| = 1.79 cm(-1), |E(Mn)| = 0.60 cm(-1) with intermolecular interactions zJ' = -0.18 cm(-1). Due to the anisotropy of the Mn(III) ions, the ground state S = 4 shows ZFS with |D(4)| = 0.58 cm(-1). Compounds 2 and 3 show antiferromagnetic couplings, with J = -10.9 and -0.3 cm(-1), respectively. The magnetic interaction in this kind of compound depends on several structural factors. In the present work, the distortion around manganese ions, the torsion angle between the phenyl ring and the carboxylate group and the relative disposition of the coordination octahedra have been analyzed.
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