Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.38, No.21, 4647-4652, 1999
Crystal structure and spectroscopic and magnetic properties of the manganese(II) and copper(II) azido-tetramethylammonium systems
The compounds [N(CH3)(4)][Cu(N-3)(3)] (1) and [N(CH3)(4)][Mn(N-3)(3)] (2) have been synthesized and characterized. Compound 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2(1)/n space group, with Z = 4, a = 7.473(2) Angstrom, b = 15.780(2) Angstrom, c = = 9.321(2) Angstrom, and beta = 92.59(2)degrees. Compound 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2(1)/n space group, with Z = 2, a 6.264(3) Angstrom, b = 13.150(6) Angstrom, c = 6.375(3) Angstrom, and beta = 90.00(6)degrees. At high temperature, compound 2 undergoes a structural phase transition toward a pseudocubic phase with a = 6.446(4) Angstrom. The nature of the metallic ion remarkably influences the molecular structure of both compounds. Thus, while compound 1 is one-dimensional, with the copper(II) ions bridged by one end-on (EO) and two end-to-end (EE) azido ligands, the structural arrangement in compound 2 is three-dimensional, the manganese(II) ions being bridged by EE azido ligands. In both cases, tetramethylammonium cations stabilize the negative charge of the [M(N-3)(3)](-) fragments. Magnetic susceptibility measurements show antiferromagnetic couplings for Compounds 1 and 2. The obtained exchange parameters are J/k = -3.6 K, g = -2.10 and J/k = -2.5 K, g = 2.01 for compounds 1 and 2, respectively.
Keywords:MU-AZIDO;MAGNETOSTRUCTURAL CORRELATIONS;END-ON;NICKEL(II);COMPOUND;COMPLEXES;EXCHANGE;BRIDGE