title: Magnetic properties and crystal structure of a one-dimensional phase of tetrakis(mu2-benzoato-O,O')-bis(dimethyl sulfoxide)dicopper(II).
abstract: A new crystalline polymorphic phase of tetrakis(mu2-benzoato-O,O')-bis(dimethyl sulfoxide)dicopper(II) was obtained by direct synthesis, in space group P2(1)/n. The copper coordination is in a slightly distorted square pyramidal geometry with an intramolecular Cu...Cu distance of 2.6494(8) angstroms. The Cu-O distances of the two copper in a dimer are different, giving different chemical environments for each Cu ion. The crystal structure is built up of well-separated stacking columns oriented along the b-axis, with units uniformly spaced, producing a one-dimensional (1-D) zigzag chain through Cu(II)-S...S-Cu(II) interdimer interactions [S...S separation: 3.975(2) angstroms]. Magnetization measurements in the range 2-300 K indicate two magnetic orderings, at low temperature (T < 10 K) a weak ferromagnetic ordering is observed, and above this temperature an antiferromagnetic behavior takes place. ESR spectra at 300 and 77 K of a polycrystalline sample show the characteristic signal of zero-field with D = 0.354 cm(-1), consistent with a ferromagnetic Cu...Cu exchange interaction at low temperature.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Química, ICUAP. C. U. Puebla, Pue. 72570, México. yreyes@siu.buap.mx
authors.forename: Yasmi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Reyes-Ortega
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Alcántara-Flores
authors.forename: María C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hernández-Galindo
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Rosales
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernès
authors.forename: Juán C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ramírez-García
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zamorano-Ulloa
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Escudero