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Особливості реалізації графічного конвеєру при візуалізації тривимірних моделей приміщень університету
В більшості систем комп‘ютерної графіки застосовується графічний конвеєр – логічна група послідовно виконуваних обчислень (етапів), які в результаті дають синтезовану сцену на екрані комп‘ютера. Серед основних – етапи геометричних перетворень та візуалізації. Результат виконання кожного з цих етапів впливає на кінцевий вигляд синтезованої сцени, тому їх коректне завершення є необхідною умовою отримання якісного зображення
Solid-State Coordinative Behavior of a New Asymmetrical Bis-hydrazone Ligand Containing Two Different Binding Pockets
The potentially multidentate (O<sub>2</sub>N–NO)
trianionic
bis(bencylhydrazone) derived from 4-hydroxyisophthaldehyde (<b>H</b><sub><b>3</b></sub><b>L</b>) ligand has been
synthesized and characterized. The coordinative behavior of the ligand
has been explored toward different M<sup>II</sup> salts (M = Co, Ni,
Zn, and Cu), and four complexes, of general formula [M(HL)]·solv
(<b>2</b>·solv = molecules of water, dmf, or dmso), have
been isolated and characterized. Furthermore, the species [M(H<sub>2</sub>L)<sub>2</sub>]·solv (M = Co, <b>1a</b>·solv;
M = Ni, <b>1b</b>·solv; solv = molecules of water and/or
dmf), where the ligand is monodeprotonated and tridentate, has also
been detected. The structures of <b>H</b><sub><b>3</b></sub><b>L</b>, four solvates of {[Cu(HL)]·solv}<sub><i>n</i></sub> (<b>2c</b>·solv), <b>1a</b>·5H<sub>2</sub>O, and <b>1b</b>·H<sub>2</sub>O·3dmf were
determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The effect of weak
interactions on the crystal packing has also been analyzed. The thermal
stability and the structural dynamics of the <b>2c</b>·solv
systems have also been investigated
Two-Dimensional 3d–4f Heterometallic Coordination Polymers: Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Magnetic Properties of Six New Co(II)–Ln(III) Compounds
Six new heterometallic cobalt(II)-lanthanide(III)
complexes of formulas [Ln(bta)(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>[Co(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>]·10H<sub>2</sub>O [Ln = Nd(III)
(<b>1</b>) and Eu(III) (<b>2</b>)] and [Ln<sub>2</sub>Co(bta)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>8</sub>]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·6<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O [Ln = Eu(III) (<b>3</b>), Sm(III) (<b>4</b>), Gd(III) (<b>5</b>), and
Tb(III) (<b>6</b>)] (H<sub>4</sub>bta = 1,2,4,5-benzenetretracaboxylic
acid) have been synthesized and characterized via single-crystal X-ray
diffraction. <b>1</b> and <b>2</b> are isostructural compounds
with a structure composed of anionic layers of [Ln(bta)(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>]<sub><i>n</i></sub><sup><i>n</i>–</sup> sandwiching mononuclear [Co(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>]<sup>2+</sup> cations plus crystallization water molecules, which
are interlinked by electrostatic forces and hydrogen bonds, leading
to a supramolecular three-dimensional network. <b>3</b>–<b>6</b> are also isostructural compounds, and their structure consists
of neutral layers of formula [Ln<sub>2</sub>Co(bta)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>8</sub>]<sub><i>n</i></sub> and crystallization
water molecules, which are connected through hydrogen bonds to afford
a supramolecular three-dimensional network. Heterometallic chains
formed by the regular alternation of two nine-coordinate lanthanide(III)
polyhedra [Ln(III)O<sub>9</sub>] and one compressed cobalt(II) octahedron
[Co(II)O<sub>6</sub>] along the crystallographic <i>c</i>-axis are cross-linked by bta ligands within each layer of <b>3</b>–<b>6</b>. Magnetic susceptibility measurements
on polycrystalline samples for <b>3</b>–<b>6</b> have been carried out in the temperature range of 2.0–300
K. The magnetic behavior of these types of Ln(III)–Co(II) complexes,
which have been modeled by using matrix dagonalization techniques,
reveals the lack of magnetic coupling for <b>3</b> and <b>4</b>, and the occurrence of weak antiferromagnetic interactions
within the Gd(III)−Gd(III) (<b>5</b>) and Tb(III)−Tb(III)
(<b>6</b>) dinuclear units through the exchange pathway provided
by the double oxo(carboxylate) and double syn–syn carboxylate
bridges
Two-Dimensional 3d–4f Heterometallic Coordination Polymers: Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Magnetic Properties of Six New Co(II)–Ln(III) Compounds
Six new heterometallic cobalt(II)-lanthanide(III)
complexes of formulas [Ln(bta)(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>[Co(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>]·10H<sub>2</sub>O [Ln = Nd(III)
(<b>1</b>) and Eu(III) (<b>2</b>)] and [Ln<sub>2</sub>Co(bta)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>8</sub>]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·6<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O [Ln = Eu(III) (<b>3</b>), Sm(III) (<b>4</b>), Gd(III) (<b>5</b>), and
Tb(III) (<b>6</b>)] (H<sub>4</sub>bta = 1,2,4,5-benzenetretracaboxylic
acid) have been synthesized and characterized via single-crystal X-ray
diffraction. <b>1</b> and <b>2</b> are isostructural compounds
with a structure composed of anionic layers of [Ln(bta)(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>]<sub><i>n</i></sub><sup><i>n</i>–</sup> sandwiching mononuclear [Co(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>]<sup>2+</sup> cations plus crystallization water molecules, which
are interlinked by electrostatic forces and hydrogen bonds, leading
to a supramolecular three-dimensional network. <b>3</b>–<b>6</b> are also isostructural compounds, and their structure consists
of neutral layers of formula [Ln<sub>2</sub>Co(bta)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>8</sub>]<sub><i>n</i></sub> and crystallization
water molecules, which are connected through hydrogen bonds to afford
a supramolecular three-dimensional network. Heterometallic chains
formed by the regular alternation of two nine-coordinate lanthanide(III)
polyhedra [Ln(III)O<sub>9</sub>] and one compressed cobalt(II) octahedron
[Co(II)O<sub>6</sub>] along the crystallographic <i>c</i>-axis are cross-linked by bta ligands within each layer of <b>3</b>–<b>6</b>. Magnetic susceptibility measurements
on polycrystalline samples for <b>3</b>–<b>6</b> have been carried out in the temperature range of 2.0–300
K. The magnetic behavior of these types of Ln(III)–Co(II) complexes,
which have been modeled by using matrix dagonalization techniques,
reveals the lack of magnetic coupling for <b>3</b> and <b>4</b>, and the occurrence of weak antiferromagnetic interactions
within the Gd(III)−Gd(III) (<b>5</b>) and Tb(III)−Tb(III)
(<b>6</b>) dinuclear units through the exchange pathway provided
by the double oxo(carboxylate) and double syn–syn carboxylate
bridges
Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Magnetic Characterization of a Series of Cu<sup>II</sup>–Ln<sup>III</sup> Heterometallic [Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm) Metal–Organic Compounds with an Unusual Single Crystal to Single Crystal Phase Transition
The synthesis and structural characterization
of five Cu(II)–Ln(III)
heteronuclear metal–organic frameworks of formula {[Ln<sub>4</sub>Cu<sub>4</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>26</sub>(bta)<sub>5</sub>]·<i>m</i>H<sub>2</sub>O}<sub><i>n</i></sub> and {[Ln<sub>4</sub>Cu<sub>4</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>24</sub>(bta)<sub>5</sub>]·<i>p</i>H<sub>2</sub>O}<sub><i>n</i></sub> [Ln = La<sup>III</sup> (<b>1A</b>/<b>1B</b>),
Ce<sup>III</sup> (<b>2A</b>/<b>2B</b>), Pr<sup>III</sup> (<b>3A</b>/<b>3B</b>), Nd<sup>III</sup> (<b>4A</b>/<b>4B</b>) and Sm<sup>III</sup> (<b>5A</b>/<b>5B</b>) with m/p = 20 (<b>1A</b>)/16 (<b>1B</b>), 18 (<b>2A</b>)/16 (<b>2B</b>), 14 (<b>3A</b>)/16 (<b>3B</b>), 22 (<b>4A</b>)/16 (<b>4B</b>) and 21 (<b>5A</b>)/14 (<b>5B</b>); H<sub>4</sub>bta =1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic
acid (<b>1</b>–<b>5</b>)] have been performed.
These compounds present a single-crystal to single-crystal phase transition
from expanded <b>A</b> phases toward the <b>B</b> shrinking
networks, which is triggered only in the presence of a dry environment.
This phase transition is accompanied by a compression of the crystallographic <i>b</i>-axis in the range 2.4 to 2.8 Å with the consequent
decrease of the unit cell volume from 9.5% to 12%. The isomorphous
crystal structures of <b>1A</b>–<b>5A</b> can be
described as two crystallographically independent [Cu(II)–Ln(III)]
heterometallic dinuclear units which are connected through two crystallographically
independent bta<sup>4–</sup> ligands in the <i>ac</i>-plane, leading to 4,4-rectangular grids. These layers are connected
along the crystallographic <i>b</i>-axis, through a pillaring
bta<sup>4–</sup> group. The phase transition implies a change
of the coordination mode of the bta<sup>4–</sup> pillar from
bis-monodentate (<b>1A</b>–<b>5A</b>) to tetrakis-monodentate
(<b>1B</b>–<b>5B</b>). Magnetic susceptibility
measurements of polycrystalline samples of <b>1A</b>–<b>5A</b> in the temperature range 2.0–300 K have in common
the decrease of the χ<sub>M</sub><i>T</i> product
with <i>T</i> which in the case of <b>1A</b> is due
to weak antiferromagnetic interactions between the copper(II) ions
through the bta<sup>4–</sup> skeleton, the La<sup>III</sup> cation being diamagnetic [<i>J</i> = −3.5 cm<sup>–1</sup> with the Hamiltonian defined <i><b>H</b></i> = −<i>J<b>S</b></i><sub>Cu1</sub>·<i><b>S</b></i><sub>Cu2</sub>]. For the <b>2A</b>–<b>5A</b> compounds, the additional exchange
interaction between Cu<sup>II</sup> and the paramagnetic Ln<sup>III</sup> is masked by the crystal field effects (which partially removes
the 2<i>J</i> + 1 degeneracy of the <sup>2<i>S</i>+1</sup><i>L</i><sub><i>J</i></sub> free-ion
ground state in zero magnetic field) (<b>2A</b>–<b>5A</b>) and the thermal population of excited free-ion states
(<b>5A</b>)
Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic characterization of a series of CuII-LnIII heterometallic [Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm) metal-organic compounds with an unusual single crystal to single crystal phase transition
The synthesis and structural characterization of five Cu(II)-Ln(III) heteronuclear metal-organic frameworks of formula {[Ln4Cu 4(H2O)26(bta)5]·mH 2O}n and {[Ln4Cu4(H 2O)24(bta)5]·pH2O} n [Ln = LaIII (1A/1B), CeIII (2A/2B), Pr III (3A/3B), NdIII (4A/4B) and SmIII (5A/5B) with m/p = 20 (1A)/16 (1B), 18 (2A)/16 (2B), 14 (3A)/16 (3B), 22 (4A)/16 (4B) and 21 (5A)/14 (5B); H4bta =1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid (1-5)] have been performed. These compounds present a single-crystal to single-crystal phase transition from expanded A phases toward the B shrinking networks, which is triggered only in the presence of a dry environment. This phase transition is accompanied by a compression of the crystallographic b-axis in the range 2.4 to 2.8 Å with the consequent decrease of the unit cell volume from 9.5% to 12%. The isomorphous crystal structures of 1A-5A can be described as two crystallographically independent [Cu(II)-Ln(III)] heterometallic dinuclear units which are connected through two crystallographically independent bta4- ligands in the ac-plane, leading to 4,4-rectangular grids. These layers are connected along the crystallographic b-axis, through a pillaring bta4- group. The phase transition implies a change of the coordination mode of the bta4- pillar from bis-monodentate (1A-5A) to tetrakis-monodentate (1B-5B). Magnetic susceptibility measurements of polycrystalline samples of 1A-5A in the temperature range 2.0-300 K have in common the decrease of the χMT product with T which in the case of 1A is due to weak antiferromagnetic interactions between the copper(II) ions through the bta 4- skeleton, the LaIII cation being diamagnetic [J = -3.5 cm-1 with the Hamiltonian defined H = -JSCu1·S Cu2]. For the 2A-5A compounds, the additional exchange interaction between CuII and the paramagnetic LnIII is masked by the crystal field effects (which partially removes the 2J + 1 degeneracy of the 2S+1LJ free-ion ground state in zero magnetic field) (2A-5A) and the thermal population of excited free-ion states (5A). © 2013 American Chemical Society.Funding for this work was partially provided Ministerio Español de Economia y Competitividad through Projects MAT2010-16981, MAT2011-27233-C0-02, DPI2010-21103-C04-03, CTQ2010-15364 and “Factoría de Cristalización” (Consolider- Ingenio2010, CSD2006-00015), the Gobierno de Canarias through projects PIL2070901 and structuring NANOMAC and the Generalitat Valenciana (PROMETEO2009/108 and ISIC/2012/002). P.D-G. and J.P. also thank Ministerio Español de Economia y Competitividad through FPI program and the NANOMAC project for predoctoral and postdoctoral contracts, respectively.Peer Reviewe
Novel Malonate-Containing Coordination Compounds with Ligands Having N- and NO-Donors: Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetic Properties
In our efforts to tune the structures of mixed-ligands malonate-containing coordination compounds, four copper(II) and two high-spin cobalt(II) complexes of formulas [Cu(mal)(H<sub>2</sub>O)(dpo)]<sub><i>n</i></sub> <b>(1)</b>, [Cu<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>(dpp)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·7<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(2)</b>, [Cu<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>(bpe)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·2<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(3)</b>, {[Cu(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>][Cu(dien)]}<sub><i>n</i></sub>·4<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(4)</b> [Co<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>(dpo)]·2H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(5)</b> and [Co(mal)(H<sub>2</sub>O)(phen)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·2<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(6)</b> [H<sub>2</sub>mal = malonic acid, dpo =4,4′-bipyridine-<i>N</i>,<i>N′</i>-dioxide, dpp = 2,3-bis(pyridyl)pyrazine, bpe =1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene, dien = diethylenetriamine and phen = 1,10-phenanthroline] have been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction on single crystals. Complexes <b>1</b>, <b>2</b>, <b>4</b>, and <b>6</b> are chain compounds, <b>5</b> is a dinuclear species, and <b>3</b> has a sheet-like structure. The malonate ligand in this family acts as either a blocking (<b>1</b> and <b>5</b>) or bridging ligand (<b>2</b>–<b>6</b>). The rod-like molecules dpo (<b>1</b> and <b>5</b>) and bpe (<b>3</b>) exhibit the bis-monodentate (<b>1</b> and <b>3</b>) and monodentate (<b>5</b>) coordination modes, whereas dpp (<b>2</b>), dien (<b>4</b>), and phen (<b>6</b>) act as bis-bidentate (<b>2</b>), tridentate (<b>4</b>), and bidentate (<b>6</b>) ligands. The neutral motifs of <b>1</b>–<b>6</b> are interlinked through hydrogen bonds and weak C–H···π and π–π type interactions affording supramolecular three-dimensional networks. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements show the occurrence of weak ferro- (<b>2</b>, <b>3</b>, <b>5</b>, and <b>6</b>) and antiferromagnetic (<b>1</b> and <b>4</b>) interactions, the exchange pathways being the carboxylate-malonate (<b>3</b>–<b>6</b>), oxo-carboxylate (<b>2</b>), bis-bidentate (dpp) (<b>2</b>) or hydrogen bonds (<b>1</b>). Remarkably, the equatorial-apical exchange pathway through the carboxylate bridge present in <b>4</b> provides the first case of the occurrence of an antiferromagnetic interaction in a malonate-containing copper(II) complex
Novel Malonate-Containing Coordination Compounds with Ligands Having N- and NO-Donors: Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetic Properties
In our efforts to tune the structures of mixed-ligands malonate-containing coordination compounds, four copper(II) and two high-spin cobalt(II) complexes of formulas [Cu(mal)(H<sub>2</sub>O)(dpo)]<sub><i>n</i></sub> <b>(1)</b>, [Cu<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>(dpp)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·7<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(2)</b>, [Cu<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>(bpe)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·2<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(3)</b>, {[Cu(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>][Cu(dien)]}<sub><i>n</i></sub>·4<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(4)</b> [Co<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>(dpo)]·2H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(5)</b> and [Co(mal)(H<sub>2</sub>O)(phen)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·2<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(6)</b> [H<sub>2</sub>mal = malonic acid, dpo =4,4′-bipyridine-<i>N</i>,<i>N′</i>-dioxide, dpp = 2,3-bis(pyridyl)pyrazine, bpe =1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene, dien = diethylenetriamine and phen = 1,10-phenanthroline] have been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction on single crystals. Complexes <b>1</b>, <b>2</b>, <b>4</b>, and <b>6</b> are chain compounds, <b>5</b> is a dinuclear species, and <b>3</b> has a sheet-like structure. The malonate ligand in this family acts as either a blocking (<b>1</b> and <b>5</b>) or bridging ligand (<b>2</b>–<b>6</b>). The rod-like molecules dpo (<b>1</b> and <b>5</b>) and bpe (<b>3</b>) exhibit the bis-monodentate (<b>1</b> and <b>3</b>) and monodentate (<b>5</b>) coordination modes, whereas dpp (<b>2</b>), dien (<b>4</b>), and phen (<b>6</b>) act as bis-bidentate (<b>2</b>), tridentate (<b>4</b>), and bidentate (<b>6</b>) ligands. The neutral motifs of <b>1</b>–<b>6</b> are interlinked through hydrogen bonds and weak C–H···π and π–π type interactions affording supramolecular three-dimensional networks. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements show the occurrence of weak ferro- (<b>2</b>, <b>3</b>, <b>5</b>, and <b>6</b>) and antiferromagnetic (<b>1</b> and <b>4</b>) interactions, the exchange pathways being the carboxylate-malonate (<b>3</b>–<b>6</b>), oxo-carboxylate (<b>2</b>), bis-bidentate (dpp) (<b>2</b>) or hydrogen bonds (<b>1</b>). Remarkably, the equatorial-apical exchange pathway through the carboxylate bridge present in <b>4</b> provides the first case of the occurrence of an antiferromagnetic interaction in a malonate-containing copper(II) complex
Novel Malonate-Containing Coordination Compounds with Ligands Having N- and NO-Donors: Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetic Properties
In our efforts to tune the structures of mixed-ligands malonate-containing coordination compounds, four copper(II) and two high-spin cobalt(II) complexes of formulas [Cu(mal)(H<sub>2</sub>O)(dpo)]<sub><i>n</i></sub> <b>(1)</b>, [Cu<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>(dpp)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·7<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(2)</b>, [Cu<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>(bpe)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·2<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(3)</b>, {[Cu(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>][Cu(dien)]}<sub><i>n</i></sub>·4<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(4)</b> [Co<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>(dpo)]·2H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(5)</b> and [Co(mal)(H<sub>2</sub>O)(phen)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·2<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(6)</b> [H<sub>2</sub>mal = malonic acid, dpo =4,4′-bipyridine-<i>N</i>,<i>N′</i>-dioxide, dpp = 2,3-bis(pyridyl)pyrazine, bpe =1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene, dien = diethylenetriamine and phen = 1,10-phenanthroline] have been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction on single crystals. Complexes <b>1</b>, <b>2</b>, <b>4</b>, and <b>6</b> are chain compounds, <b>5</b> is a dinuclear species, and <b>3</b> has a sheet-like structure. The malonate ligand in this family acts as either a blocking (<b>1</b> and <b>5</b>) or bridging ligand (<b>2</b>–<b>6</b>). The rod-like molecules dpo (<b>1</b> and <b>5</b>) and bpe (<b>3</b>) exhibit the bis-monodentate (<b>1</b> and <b>3</b>) and monodentate (<b>5</b>) coordination modes, whereas dpp (<b>2</b>), dien (<b>4</b>), and phen (<b>6</b>) act as bis-bidentate (<b>2</b>), tridentate (<b>4</b>), and bidentate (<b>6</b>) ligands. The neutral motifs of <b>1</b>–<b>6</b> are interlinked through hydrogen bonds and weak C–H···π and π–π type interactions affording supramolecular three-dimensional networks. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements show the occurrence of weak ferro- (<b>2</b>, <b>3</b>, <b>5</b>, and <b>6</b>) and antiferromagnetic (<b>1</b> and <b>4</b>) interactions, the exchange pathways being the carboxylate-malonate (<b>3</b>–<b>6</b>), oxo-carboxylate (<b>2</b>), bis-bidentate (dpp) (<b>2</b>) or hydrogen bonds (<b>1</b>). Remarkably, the equatorial-apical exchange pathway through the carboxylate bridge present in <b>4</b> provides the first case of the occurrence of an antiferromagnetic interaction in a malonate-containing copper(II) complex
Novel Malonate-Containing Coordination Compounds with Ligands Having N- and NO-Donors: Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetic Properties
In our efforts to tune the structures of mixed-ligands malonate-containing coordination compounds, four copper(II) and two high-spin cobalt(II) complexes of formulas [Cu(mal)(H<sub>2</sub>O)(dpo)]<sub><i>n</i></sub> <b>(1)</b>, [Cu<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>(dpp)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·7<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(2)</b>, [Cu<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>(bpe)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·2<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(3)</b>, {[Cu(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>][Cu(dien)]}<sub><i>n</i></sub>·4<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(4)</b> [Co<sub>2</sub>(mal)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>(dpo)]·2H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(5)</b> and [Co(mal)(H<sub>2</sub>O)(phen)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>·2<i>n</i>H<sub>2</sub>O <b>(6)</b> [H<sub>2</sub>mal = malonic acid, dpo =4,4′-bipyridine-<i>N</i>,<i>N′</i>-dioxide, dpp = 2,3-bis(pyridyl)pyrazine, bpe =1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene, dien = diethylenetriamine and phen = 1,10-phenanthroline] have been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction on single crystals. Complexes <b>1</b>, <b>2</b>, <b>4</b>, and <b>6</b> are chain compounds, <b>5</b> is a dinuclear species, and <b>3</b> has a sheet-like structure. The malonate ligand in this family acts as either a blocking (<b>1</b> and <b>5</b>) or bridging ligand (<b>2</b>–<b>6</b>). The rod-like molecules dpo (<b>1</b> and <b>5</b>) and bpe (<b>3</b>) exhibit the bis-monodentate (<b>1</b> and <b>3</b>) and monodentate (<b>5</b>) coordination modes, whereas dpp (<b>2</b>), dien (<b>4</b>), and phen (<b>6</b>) act as bis-bidentate (<b>2</b>), tridentate (<b>4</b>), and bidentate (<b>6</b>) ligands. The neutral motifs of <b>1</b>–<b>6</b> are interlinked through hydrogen bonds and weak C–H···π and π–π type interactions affording supramolecular three-dimensional networks. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements show the occurrence of weak ferro- (<b>2</b>, <b>3</b>, <b>5</b>, and <b>6</b>) and antiferromagnetic (<b>1</b> and <b>4</b>) interactions, the exchange pathways being the carboxylate-malonate (<b>3</b>–<b>6</b>), oxo-carboxylate (<b>2</b>), bis-bidentate (dpp) (<b>2</b>) or hydrogen bonds (<b>1</b>). Remarkably, the equatorial-apical exchange pathway through the carboxylate bridge present in <b>4</b> provides the first case of the occurrence of an antiferromagnetic interaction in a malonate-containing copper(II) complex