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A novel cobalt (I) coordination polymer with mixed thiocyanate and quinoline ligands: crystal structure, magnetism
Lei Li1, Shuai Chen1, Rui-Min Zhou1
1Institute of Molecular and Crystal Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, PR China.
Abstract:
A new Co(I) one-dimensional coordination polymer [Co(SCN)(ql)]n (ql=quinoline) (1) has been synthesized and characterized by IR, elemental analysis, TG technique and X-ray crystallography. Co(I) atom has a distorted trigonal pyramidal N2S2 (1) environment with two S atoms and one N atom from three μ-1,1,3-thiocyanate bridge ligands and one N atom from ql ligand. Two S atoms from two μ-1,1,3-SCN- bridging ligands bridge two centers to obtain bimetallic 4-membered ring. Adjacent 4-membered rings are linked by a pair of μ-1,1,3-SCN- bridging ligands to form a 1D stair-case like chain. The luminescent properties and magnetic properties of the polymer 1 were investigated in the solid state.
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