title: Hydrothermal synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a three-dimensional cobalt(II) - aminophenyltetrazolate coordination polymer.
abstract: The hydrothermal reaction of cobalt(II) acetate tetrahydrate, 4-aminophenyl tetrazole and water at 135 °C for 48 hours provided orange crystals of [Co3(OH)2(H2O)2(aptet)4] (1) (aptet = 4-aminophenyltetrazolate). The three-dimensional structure of compound 1 is constructed from chains of corner- and edge-sharing Co(II) octahedra linked into a framework through the dipodal ligand tethers. The cobalt sites of the chain are linked through tetrazolate groups in the N2,N3-bridging mode, as well as through μ3-hydroxyl groups into trinuclear Co3 substructures. The magnetic properties are consistent with a ferrimagnetic chain with the non-compensating resultant moment of one Co(II) per trinuclear Co(II) subunit. The temperature dependence of the ac magnetic susceptibility indicates glassy-like magnetic behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA. jazubiet@syr.edu.
authors.forename: Tiffany M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tichenor
authors.forename: Yuan-Zhu
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kim R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Dunbar
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zubieta