title: Magnetooptical and structural investigations of five dimeric cobalt(II) complexes mimicking metalloenzyme active sites.
abstract: Four novel cobalt(II) complexes mimicking metalloenzyme active sites, novel C(14)H(22)Cl(12)Co(2)O(13)·2C(3)H(8)O (1), C(28)H(36)Cl(24)Co(4)O(28)·4C(4)H(8)O(2) (2), C(16)H(22)Cl(12)Co(2)O(13)·C(2)HCl(3)O(2) (3), C(16)H(22)Cl(12)Co(2)O(13) (4), and one known C(40)H(78)Cl(8)Co(2)O(17) (5) are composed of the same core of two high-spin cobalt(II) centers triply bridged by water and two trichloroacetato (1-4) or two pivalate (5) groups but differ in terminal ligands. The crystal structures of new compounds 1-4 belong to the space groups P ̅1, P2(1)/c, P ̅1, and Pbcn, respectively. All five investigated complexes contain Co atoms in distorted octahedral coordination. The complexes were characterized by magnetic susceptibility and magnetization measurements and by variable-temperature variable-field magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy. Experimental data were analyzed in the frame of the theoretical model, which includes an unquenched orbital moment of the Co(II) ions. All investigated compounds are antiferromagnetically coupled with exchange constants in the range -1.5 to -2.1 cm(-1). However, there is a significant difference between the crystal-field-splitting parameters.
authors.affiliation: Eduard-Zintl-Institute of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 20, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. z.tomkowicz@uj.edu.pl
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tomkowicz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ostrovsky
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Foro
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Calvo-Perez
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Haase
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008280:Magnetics; D008667:Metalloproteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular
chemical_list: D056831:Coordination Complexes; D008667:Metalloproteins; D003035:Cobalt