title: mer-[Fe(pcq)(CN)3]-: a novel cyanide-containing building block and its application to assembling cyanide-bridged trinuclear FeIII2MnII complexes [pcq- = 8-(pyridine-2-carboxamido)quinoline anion].
abstract: A new cyanide-containing building block K[Fe(pcq)(CN)(3)] [1; pcq(-) = 8-(pyridine-2-carboxamido)quinoline anion] containing a low-spin Fe(III) center with three cyanide groups in a meridional arrangement has been successfully designed and synthesized. Three cyanide-bridged trinuclear Fe(III)(2)Mn(II) complexes, [Fe(pcq)(CN)(3)](2)[Mn(CH(3)OH)(2)(H(2)O)(2)].2H(2)O (2), [Fe(pcq)(CN)(3)](2)[Mn(bipy)(2)].CH(3)OH.2H(2)O (3), and [Fe(pcq)(CN)(3)](2)[Mn(phen)(2)].CH(3)OH.2H(2)O (4), have been synthesized and structurally characterized. The magnetic susceptibilities of the three heterometallic complexes have been investigated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhong-Hai
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Hui-Zhong
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.forename: Li-Fang
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei-Wei
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Yun-Bo
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ai-Li
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authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Joan
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authors.lastname: Ribas
authors.forename: Osamu
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authors.lastname: Sato