Chain compounds based on tetranuclear basic copper(II) carboxylate clusters and quadruple zwitterionic linkers: Structures and magnetic properties

  • Xiu Mei Zhang
  • , Yan Qin Wang
  • , En Qing Gao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Two CuII complexes with the new zwitterionic ligand. 1-carboxymethylpyridinio-3-benzoate (L), [Cu4L4(OH) 2](ClO4)2' 8H2O (1) and [Cu 4L4(OH)2]Cl2.8H2O (2), have been synthesized and characterized crystallographically and magnetically. The two compounds contain isostructural chains, in which the anionic basic copper(II) carboxylate clusters [CU43-OH) 2(RCOO)8]2-are quadmply interlinked by cationic organic spacers. Magnetic analyses using a tetranuclear model indicate that antiferromagnetic interactions between neighboring copper(II) ions are operative through the double hydroxo bridges and the mixed hydroxo/carboxylato bridges.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1249-1254
Number of pages6
JournalEuropean Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Carboxylate ligands
  • Coordination polymers
  • Copper
  • Magnetic properties
  • Zwitterions

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