title: mer-[Fe III(bpca)(CN)3]-: a new low-spin iron(III) complex to build heterometallic ladder-like chains.
abstract: The novel mononuclear complex PPh(4)-mer-[Fe(III)(bpca)(3)(CN)(3)].H(2)O (1) [PPh(4)(+) = tetraphenylphosphonium cation and bpca = bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl)amidate anion] and ladder-like chain compound [[Fe(III)(bpca)(micro-CN)(3)Mn(II)(H(2)O)(3)] [Fe(III)(bpca)(CN)(3)]].3H(2)O (2) have been prepared and characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. Compound 1 is a low-spin iron(III) compound with three cyanide ligands in mer arrangement and a tridentate N-donor ligand building a distorted octahedral environment around the iron atom. Compound 2 is an ionic salt made up of cationic ladder-like chains [[Fe(III)(bpca)(micro-CN)(3)Mn(II)(H(2)O)(3)]](+) and uncoordinated anions [Fe(III)(bpca)(3)(CN)(3)](-). The magnetic properties of 2 correspond to those of a ferrimagnetic chain with significant intrachain antiferromagnetic coupling between the low-spin iron(III) centers and the high-spin manganese(II) cations. This compound exhibits ferrimagnetic ordering below 2.0 K.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Inorgànica/Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Facultat de Química de la Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100-Burjassot, València, Spain.
authors.forename: Rodrigue
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lescouëzec
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vaissermann
authors.forename: Luminita Marilena
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Toma
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lloret
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Julve