A new cyano-bridged one-dimensional (GdFeIII)-Fe-III coordination polymer with o-phenanthroline as the blocking ligand: synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties

Koner, R., Drew, M.G.B., Figuerola, A., Diaz, C. and Mohanta, S. (2005) A new cyano-bridged one-dimensional (GdFeIII)-Fe-III coordination polymer with o-phenanthroline as the blocking ligand: synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 358 (11). pp. 3041-3047. ISSN 0020-1693 doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2005.03.031

Abstract/Summary

Synthesis, structural characterization, and magnetic properties of a new cyano-bridged one-dimensional iron (III)-gadolinium (III) compound, trans-[Gd(o-phen)(2)(H2O)(2)(mu-CN)(2)Fe(CN)(4)], - 2no-phen (o-phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), have been described. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic P (1) over bar space group with the following unit cell parameters: a = 10.538(14) angstrom, b = 12.004(14) angstrom, c = 20.61(2) angstrom, alpha = 92.41(1)degrees, beta = 92.76(1)degrees, gamma = 11 2.72(1)degrees, and Z = 2. In this complex, each gadolinium (III) is coordinated to two nitrile nitrogens of the CN groups coming from two different ferricyanides, the mutually trans cyanides of each of which links another different Gd-III to create -NC-Fe(CN)(4)-CN-Gd-NC- type 1-D chain structure. The one-dimensional chains are self-assembled in two-dimensions via weak C-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bonds. Both the variable-temperature (2-300 K, 0.01 T and 0.8 T) and variable-field (0-50 000 Gauss, 2 K) magnetic measurements reveal the existence of very weak interaction in this molecule. The temperature dependence of the susceptibilities has been analyzed using a model for a chain of alternating classic (7/2) and quantum (1/2) spins. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.