title: Unprecedented low Cu-N(azide)-Cu angles in end-on double azido bridged copper(II) complex.
abstract: A rare asymmetric end-on double azido-bridged copper(II) complex has been synthesized and characterized structurally and magnetically. The Cu-N(azide)-Cu angle in this complex is calculated to be 89.1 degrees. This is unusually low in comparison to the same angle in other end-on azido-bridged binuclear complexes reported so far. Though a strong ferromagnetic interaction between the metal centers is expected in the complex, the coupling has actually been found to be antiferromagnetic, instead.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Calcutta 700 032, India. skoner55@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Subratanath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koner
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Tallal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mallah
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamoto