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Utilization of a ligand containing 2,2'-bipyridyl and tetrazolate groups to construct a 2D Co(II) coordination
1Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan. ciyang@thu.edu.tw.
Abstract:
The use of anions of 6,6'-bis(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-2,2'-bipyridine (H2btzbp) as chelating ligands in preparing a coordination polymer is described. The synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and magnetic properties of a new Co(II) coordination polymer, [Co(btzbp)]n (1), are reported. The in situ [2 + 3] cycloaddition reaction of 6,6'-dicyano-2,2'-bipyridine with sodium azide in the presence of Co(ClO4)2 under hydrothermal conditions afforded compound 1. Structural characterization revealed that 1 features a distorted two-dimensional (2D) grid layer generated by both tetrazolate and 2,2'-bipyridyl bridges of the btzbp(2-) ligand. Variable temperature and field magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate that compound 1 exhibits spin canting with T(N) = 4.0 K and metamagnetism with H(c) = 300 G.
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