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  • Title: New mu(4)-oxido-bridged copper benzoate quasi-tetrahedron and bis-mu(3)-hydroxido-bridged copper azide and copper thiocyanate stepped cubanes: core conversion, structural diversity, and magnetic properties.
    Author: Sarkar M, Clérac R, Mathonière C, Hearns NG, Bertolasi V, Ray D.
    Journal: Inorg Chem; 2010 Jul 19; 49(14):6575-85. PubMed ID: 20575511.
    Abstract:
    [Cu(2)(mu(4)-O)Cu(2)] and [Cu(2)(mu(3)-OH)(2)Cu(2)] geometrical arrangements are found in a new family of tetranuclear complexes: [Cu(4)(mu(4)-O)(mu-bip)(2)(mu-O(2)CPh)(4)].0.5CH(2)Cl(2) (1.0.5CH(2)Cl(2)), [Cu(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu-bip)(2)(N(3))(4)] (2), and [Cu(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu-bip)(2)(NCS)(4)(DMF)(2)] (3.2DMF) [Hbip = 2,6-bis(benzyliminomethyl)-4-methylphenol; DMF = dimethylformamide]. These complexes have been characterized by X-ray crystallography, and their magnetic properties have been studied. Complex 1 reacts with azide and thiocyanate anions, leading to 2 and 3 with a change of the [Cu(4)(mu(4)-O)] core into [Cu(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)] units. These compounds are new examples of [Cu(4)] complexes where Cu(II) ions are connected by two types of water-derived ligands: oxide and hydroxide. Formation of these [Cu(4)] complexes can be controlled by changing the bridging ligands, which allows an effective tuning of the self-assembly. The study of the magnetic properties reveals that these complexes exhibit strong intramolecular antiferromagnetic interactions to yield a S(T) = 0 ground state. For the three complexes, the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility was fitted using a model with two isolated S = 1/2 dimers based on the H = -2J{S(Cu,1).S(Cu,2)} spin Hamiltonian with J/k(B) = -289 K for 1; J/k(B) = -464 and -405 K for 2 and 3, respectively (where J is the exchange constant through the oxido-phenoxido or hydroxido-phenoxido bridges, respectively).
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