Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic characterization of a series of four phenoxo-bridged binuclear manganese(III) Schiff base complexes

Author(s)
Santanu Mandal, Ashok Kumar Rout, Michel Fleck, Guillaume Pilet, Joan Ribas, Debasis Bandyopadhyay
Abstract

A family of four new phenoxo-bridged binuclear manganese(III) complexes of the general formula, [Mn(L)(X)]2 where L = [N,N'-bis(salicylidene)]propane-1,2-diamine and X = salicylaldehyde anion (sal-) (1); NCS- (2); NCO- (3) and [Mn(L')(N3)]2·2C2H5OH (4) where L' = [N,N'-bis(2-hydroxyacetophenylidene)]propane-1,2-diamine has been prepared. The syntheses have been achieved by reacting manganese perchlorate with 1,2-diaminopropane and salicylaldehyde (or 2-hydroxyacetophenone for 4) or along with the respective pseudohalides so that the tetradentate Schiff base H2L or H2L' is obtained in situ to bind the Mn(III) ion. The complexes have been characterized by IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, crystal structure analysis and variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements. The single crystal X-ray diffraction studies show that the compounds are isostructural containing dimeric Mn(III) units with bridging phenolate oxygen atoms. Low temperature magnetic studies indicate that the complexes 1-3 exhibit intradimer ferromagnetic exchange as well as single-molecule magnet (SMM) behavior while complex 4 is found to undergo an intradimer antiferromagnetic coupling.

Organisation(s)
Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
External organisation(s)
Bankura Christian College, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Université Claude-Bernard-Lyon-I, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Journal
Inorganica Chimica Acta
Volume
363
Pages
2250-2258
No. of pages
9
ISSN
0020-1693
Publication date
2010
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105113 Crystallography
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/c146da88-b847-4c38-84bd-f628907bb707