Issue 4, 2009

Ligand-directed assembly of cyanide-bridged bimetallic MnIIFeIII coordination polymers based on the pentacyanoferrite(III) building blocks

Abstract

Rarely investigated pentacyanoferrate(III) building blocks, [Fe(CN)5(L)]2 (L = 1-methylimdazole (1–CH3im), imidazole (imH)), have been used to prepare cyanide-bridged bimetallic polymeric Mn(II)–Fe(III) complexes {[Mn(bpy)(H2O)2Fe(CN)5(1–CH3im)]·H2O}n (1), {[Mn(bpy)Fe(CN)5(imH)]·H2O}n (2) and {[Mn(CH3OH)2Fe(CN)5(imH)]}n (3) (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine). Complexes 1 and 2 were obtained via the reactions of Mn(bpy)2Cl2·EtOH with [Fe(CN)5(L)]2 (L = 1–CH3im and imH, respectively), and complex 3via the reaction between MnCl2·2H2O and [Fe(CN)5(imH)]2 in absolute methanol. Complex 1 is a one-dimensional alternate Mn(II)–Fe(III) chain, while complexes 2 and 3 are two-dimensional comprised of Fe2Mn2 squares. Complexes 2 and 3 show interesting intra- or interlayer π–π interactions between imidazole and pyridine rings of bpy. Partial loss of the bpy ligand and the π–π contacts has a direct effect on the molecular structures of complexes 1–3. Antiferromagnetic interaction between high-spin Mn(II), and low-spin Fe(III) has been observed in complexes 1–3, and the layered complexes 2 and 3 display long-range magnetic ordering at the critical temperature of 4.4 K (TN) for 2 and 5.0 K (Tc) for 3. A best-fit to the magnetic susceptibility of the 1D complex 1 has given the magnetic coupling constant of JMnFe = −6.16(9) cm−1 based on an antiferromagnetic chain model of alternate SFe = 1/2 and SMn = 5/2 spins.

Graphical abstract: Ligand-directed assembly of cyanide-bridged bimetallic MnIIFeIII coordination polymers based on the pentacyanoferrite(III) building blocks

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Jul 2008
Accepted
18 Nov 2008
First published
17 Dec 2008

CrystEngComm, 2009,11, 632-637

Ligand-directed assembly of cyanide-bridged bimetallic MnIIFeIII coordination polymers based on the pentacyanoferrite(III) building blocks

C. Zhao, W. Ni, J. Tao, A. Cui and H. Kou, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 632 DOI: 10.1039/B812117F

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