title: Synthesis and Characterization of a Series of Edge-Sharing Octahedral-Tetrahedral-Octahedral Linear Trinuclear Complexes [M(3)(L1O)(4)](2+), Where M = Mn(2+), Co(2+), Ni(2+), Cu(2+), and Zn(2+) and L1OH Is the "Heteroscorpionate" Ligand (2-Hydroxyphenyl)bis(pyrazolyl)methane.
abstract: The mixed functionality pyrazole/phenol ligand (2-hydroxyphenyl)bis(pyrazolyl)methane, L1OH, has been used to prepare a series of linear trimetallic systems with the general structural motif [M(3)(L1O)(4)](2+), where M = Mn(2+), Co(2+), Ni(2+), Cu(2+), and Zn(2+). Each of these complexes has been structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography giving the following structural parameters: [Zn(3)(L1O)(4)][BF(4)](2).H(2)O, C(52)H(44)N(16)B(2)F(8)O(5)Zn(3), monoclinic, a = 18.572(4) Å, b = 22.400(5) Å, c = 15.921(3), beta = 112.439(8) degrees, space group C2/c, Z = 4; [Cu(3)(L1O)(4)] [BF(4)](2).2MeCN, C(56)H(44)N(18)B(2)Cu(3)F(8)O(4), monoclinic, a = 40.574(2) Å, b = 16.701(1) Å, c = 19.841(2) Å, beta = 111.388(5) degrees, space group C2/c, Z = 8; [Ni(3)(L1O)(4)][ClO(4)](2).MeCN.0.5H(2)O, C(54)H(44)N(17)Cl(2)Ni(3)O(12.5), monoclinic, a = 12.324(4) Å, b = 26.537(2) Å, c = 18.829(3) Å, beta = 102.78(1) degrees, space group C2/c, Z = 4; [Co(3)(L1O)(4)][BF(4)](2).MeCN, C(54)H(44)N(17)B(2)Co(3)F(8)O(4), monoclinic, a = 12.395(2) Å, b = 26.483(3) Å, c = 18.703(4) Å, beta = 103.22(2) degrees, space group C2/c, Z = 4; [Mn(3)(L1O)(4)(MeCN)][ClO(4)](2).1.4MeCN, C(56.68)H(44)N(18.34)Cl(2)Mn(3)O(12), orthorhombic, a = 15.471(2) Å, b = 17.364(2) Å, c = 24.216(2) Å, space group Pbcn, Z = 4. For Zn(2+), Cu(2+), Ni(2+), and Co(2+) the central metal atom of the linear trimetallic [M(3)(L1O)(4)](2+) unit is four coordinate and has a pseudotetrahedral geometry with a dihedral angle, omega, between the two M(central)O(2)M(terminal) planes of 79.9 degrees (Zn), 61.2 degrees (Co), 60.4 degrees (Ni), and 46.8 degrees (Cu). The central Mn(2+) atom of [Mn(3)(L1O)(4)(MeCN)][ClO(4)](2).1.4MeCN is five-coordinate, with a trigonal bipyramidal stereochemistry, the result of an equatorially coordinated MeCN solvent molecule. Variable-temperature magnetic data indicate that the Ni, Cu, and Mn complexes display modest antiferromagnetic coupling between the metal centers, while the Co derivative is strongly ferromagnetically coupled.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Chemistry, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, and University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, Department of Physics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, and The Institute for Physics, Medical University of Lübeck, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Timothy C.
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Higgs
authors.forename: K.
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Spartalian
authors.forename: Charles J.
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: Berthold F.
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authors.lastname: Matzanke
authors.forename: Carl J.
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Carrano