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Co-ligand tuned pyrimidine-2-carboxylate Mn(ii) complexes from a 2D 63 layer to an interpenetrated srs-net
Rui Sun1, Su-Mei Gao, Shao-Qiang Wang
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China. horryzhao@yahoo.com fuchenliutj@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
A 63 2D layer complex [Mn3Cl3(L3)]n·H2O (1) (L = pyrimidine-2-carboxylate) was obtained by assembling 2-cyanopyrimidine and manganese chloride, in which the L ligands were generated in situ. In 1 six-membered Mn rings were constructed from MnII ions and L ligands, which were connected to each other by double chloride anions affording a 2D layer. When the chloride anions in 1 were substituted partly by formate, [Mn4Cl3L4(HCO2)]n (2) was obtained. In 2, the L ligands bridge MnII to give a 1D chain, which was further connected by the double chloride anions and Cl/formate bridges to form a two-fold interpenetrated srs-net. Interestingly, 2 exhibits an obvious SHG response of approximately 0.8 times that of KDP. Furthermore, 2 is an antiferromagnet with a field induced spin flop transition.
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