Structural Diversity,
Optical and Magnetic Properties
of a Series of Manganese Thioarsenates with 1,10-Phenanthroline or
2,2′-Bipyridine Ligands: Using Monodentate Methylamine as an
Alkalinity Regulator
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Abstract
The exploration in two hydro(solvo)thermal reaction systems
As/S/Mn<sup>2+</sup>/phen/methylamine aqueous solution and As/S/Mn<sup>2+</sup>/2,2′-bipy/H<sub>2</sub>O affords five new manganese
thioarsenates
with diverse structures, namely, (CH<sub>3</sub>NH<sub>3</sub>){[Mn(phen)<sub>2</sub>](As<sup>V</sup>S<sub>4</sub>)}·phen (<b>1</b> and <b>1′</b>), (CH<sub>3</sub>NH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>{[Mn(phen)]<sub>2</sub>(As<sup>V</sup>S<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>} (<b>2</b>), {[Mn(phen)<sub>2</sub>](As<sup>III</sup><sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub>)}<sub><i>n</i></sub> (<b>3</b>), {[Mn(phen)]<sub>3</sub>(As<sup>III</sup>S<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>}·H<sub>2</sub>O (<b>4</b>), and {[Mn(2,2′-bipy)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>(As<sup>V</sup>S<sub>4</sub>)}[As<sup>III</sup>S(S<sub>5</sub>)]
(<b>5</b>). Compound <b>1</b> comprises a {[Mn(phen)<sub>2</sub>](As<sup>V</sup>S<sub>4</sub>)}<sup>−</sup> complex
anion, a monoprotonated methylamine cation and a phen molecule. Compound <b>2</b> contains a butterfly like {[Mn(phen)]<sub>2</sub>(As<sup>V</sup>S<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>}<sup>2–</sup> anion charge
compensated by two monoprotonated methylamine cations. Compound <b>3</b> is a neutral chain formed by a helical <sup>1</sup><sub>∞</sub>(As<sup>III</sup>S<sub>2</sub><sup>–</sup>) <i>vierer</i> chain covalently bonds to [Mn<sup>II</sup>(phen)]<sup>2+</sup> complexes via all its terminal S atoms. Compound <b>4</b> features a neutral chain showing the stabilization of noncondensed
(As<sup>III</sup>S<sub>3</sub>)<sup>3–</sup> anions in the
coordination of [Mn<sup>II</sup>(phen)]<sup>2+</sup> complex cations.
Compound <b>5</b> features a mixed-valent As<sup>III</sup>/As<sup>V</sup> character and an interesting chalcogenidometalates structure,
where a polycation formed by the connection of two [Mn(2,2′-bipy)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>2+</sup> complex cation and a (As<sup>V</sup>S<sub>4</sub>)<sup>3–</sup> anion acts as a countercation for a polythioarsenate
anion, [As<sup>III</sup>S(S<sub>5</sub>)]<sup>−</sup>. The
title compounds exhibit optical gaps in the range 1.58–2.48
eV and blue photoluminescence. Interestingly, compound <b>1</b> displays a weak second harmonic generation (SHG) response being
about 1/21 times of KTP (KTiOPO<sub>4</sub>). Magnetic measurements
show paramagnetic behavior for <b>1</b> and dominant antiferromagnetic
behavior for <b>2</b>–<b>5</b>. Of particular interest
is <b>4</b>, which is the first manganese chalcogenide showing
spin-canting characteristic