The Crucial Role of Polyatomic Anions in Molecular Architecture: Structural And Magnetic Versatility of Five Nickel(II) Complexes Derived from A N,N,O-Donor Schiff Base Ligand

Mukherjee, P., Drew, M. G. B., Gomez-Garcia, C. J. and Ghosh, A. (2009) The Crucial Role of Polyatomic Anions in Molecular Architecture: Structural And Magnetic Versatility of Five Nickel(II) Complexes Derived from A N,N,O-Donor Schiff Base Ligand. Inorganic Chemistry, 48 (13). pp. 5848-5860. ISSN 0020-1669 doi: 10.1021/ic9001863

Abstract/Summary

A series of five Ni(II)-complexes containing the same tridentate Schiff base but different monoanionic ligands (N-3(-), NO3-, PhCOO- and NO2-)reveals that the competitive as well as the cooperative role of the monoanions and phenoxo group in bridging the metal ions play the key role in the variation of molecular architecture.