title: Two 3D triazolate-tricarboxylate-bridged Cu(II/I) frameworks by one-pot hydrothermal synthesis exhibiting spin-canted antiferromagnetism and strong antiferromagnetic couplings.
abstract: Two 3D coordination polymers with the same components but different structures, [Cu(II)(2)Cu(I)(trz)(3)(Hbtc)](n) (1) and [Cu(4)(Htrz)(2)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(btc)(2)](n) (2), were obtained together by a one-pot hydrothermal reaction of Cu(OAc)(2).H(2)O, 1,2,4-triazole (Htrz), and 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (H(3)btc). Complex 1 is a mixed-valence Cu(I/II) honeycomb built from wavy Cu(II)-trz-carboxylate layers and Cu(I) nodes with doubly deprotonated Hbtc(2-) ligands covalently filled in the channels. In contrast, 2 is a tetranuclear [Cu(4)(Htrz)(2)(mu(3)-OH)(2)](6+) cluster-based framework extended by a fully deprotonated btc(3-) ligand, displaying a 3,6-connected topological network. More interestingly, spin-canted antiferromagnetism and overall strong antiferromagnetic couplings up to -147.1 cm(-1) are respectively observed for 1 and 2, which are significantly due to the antisymmetric magnetic exchange in the wavy Cu(II)-trz-carboxylate sublayer of 1 and the cooperative 4-fold heterobridges within the tetranuclear cluster of 2.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecule, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, People's Republic of China. encui_yang@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: En-Cui
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhong-Yi
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiang-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Qing-Qing
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Xiao-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Zhao