Dinuclear complexes of M-II thiocyanate (M = Ni and Cu) containing a tridentate Schiff-base ligand: synthesis, structural diversity and magnetic properties

Banerjee, S., Drew, M.G.B., Lu, C.Z., Tercero, J., Diaz, C. and Ghosh, A. (2005) Dinuclear complexes of M-II thiocyanate (M = Ni and Cu) containing a tridentate Schiff-base ligand: synthesis, structural diversity and magnetic properties. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2005 (12). pp. 2376-2383. ISSN 1434-1948 doi: 10.1002/ejic.200500080

Abstract/Summary

A dinuclear Ni-II complex, [Ni-2(L)(2)(H2O)(NCS)(2)]center dot 3H(2)O (1) in which the metal atoms are bridged by one water molecule and two mu(2)-phenolate ions, and a thiocyanato-bridged dimeric Cull complex, [Cu(L)NCS](2) (2) [L = tridentate Schiff-base ligand, N-(3-aminopropyl)salicylaldimine, derived from 1:1 condensation of salicylaldehyde and 1,3-diaminopropane], have been synthesized and characterized by IR and UV/Vis spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The structure of 1 consists of dinuclear units with crystallographic C-2 symmetry in which each Ni-II atom is in a distorted octahedral environment. The Ni-O distance and the Ni-O-Ni angle, through the bridged water molecule, are 2.240(11) angstrom and 82.5(5)degrees, respectively. The structure of 2 consists of dinuclear units bridged asymmetrically by di-mu(1,3)-NCS ions; each Cull ion is in a square-pyramidal environment with tau = 0.25. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility studies indicate the presence of dominant ferromagnetic exchange coupling in complex 1 with J = 3.1 cm(-1), whereas complex 2 exhibits weak antiferromagnetic coupling between the Cu-II centers with J = -1.7 cm(-1). ((c) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)