Linear Trinuclear Copper(II) Complexes Derived from the Nucleophilic Addition Products of Dicyanonitrosomethanide [C(CN)2(NO)]–: Syntheses, Structures, and Magnetic Properties

Two novel trinuclear CuII complexes have been synthesised from the nucleophilic addition derivatives of the small cyano anion, dicyanonitrosomethanide (dcnm). The reaction of CuII with the water adduct ligand, carbamoylcyanonitrosomethanide (ccnm) and teaH3 (triethanolamine) in a basic MeOH/MeCN solution results in the formation of [Cu3(acnm)2(teaH2)2]·2MeOH (1) (acnm = amidocarbonyl(cyano)nitrosomethanide and teaH2– = singly deprotonated triethanolamine). The reaction of CuII with dicyanonitrosomethanide (dcnm) and m-xylenediamine in a basic MeOH/MeCN solution results in the formation of [Cu3(cimm)2(a3acnm)2]·6MeCN (2) (cimm = cyano(imido(methoxy)methyl)nitrosomethanide and a3acnm = {amino(3-aminomethylphenyl)methylimino}methyl(cyanonitrosomethanide)). Both complexes display linear trinuclear CuII metallic cores. Solid state DC magnetic susceptibility studies were performed on 1 and 2. Compound 1 revealed very strong antiferromagnetic interactions between central and terminal Cu atoms, while compound 2 displayed ferromagnetic interactions because of the orthogonal relationship of the terminal and the central ‘magnetic’ orbitals, which contrasts with these orbitals being coplanar in 1 thus providing strong superexchange pathways involving Cu-N-O-Cu moieties.

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