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Study on the Magneto-Structural Correlation of a New Dinuclear Cobalt(II) Complex with Double μ-Phenoxo Bridges
Xiao-Jiao Song1, Xiao-Ming Xue1
1Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Wildlife Evidence Technology, School of Criminal Science and Technology, Nanjing Forest Police College, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A new μ-phenoxo-bridged dinuclear cobalt(II) complex, [Co2(L)2(acac)2(H2O)] (1), has been synthesized by employing a new ligand, (4-methyl-2-formyl-6-(((2-trifluoromethyl)phenyl)methyliminomethyl) phenol) (HL). Structural analysis of complex 1 reveals that the geometry around cobalt centers is best described as a distorted octahedron and the distance of cobalt neighbors is 3.128(0) Å. The magnetic property studies indicate that complex 1 exhibits strong spin-orbit coupling effects and weak ferromagnetic coupling between two high-spin Co(II) centers linked by double μ-Ophenoxo bridges, with J = 1.87(2) cm-1. The studies show that not only the Co-O-Co angle affects the alignment of the cobalt spins but also the dihedral angle between the CoOCo plane and the phenyl plane plays an important role in the magnetic coupling in this [Co2O2] system. Thus, the small bridging angles (96.96(11) and 96.91(11)°) and the large dihedral angles between the CoOCo plane and the phenyl plane (63.0(1) and 30.6(1)°) induce intramolecular ferromagnetic exchange interaction in complex 1.
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