New he
terospin complexes have been ob
tained by combining
the binuclear complexes [{Cu(H
2O)L
1}Ln(O
2NO)
3] or[{CuL
2}Ln(O
2NO)
3] (L
1 =
N,
N'-propylene-di(3-me
thoxysalicylideneimina
to); L
2 =
N,
N'-e
thylene-di(3-me
thoxysalicylideneimina
to); Ln = Gd
3+, Sm
3+, Tb
3+), wi
th
the mononuclear [CuL
1(2)] and
the nickel di
thiolene complexes [Ni(mn
t)
2]
q- (
q= 1, 2; mn
t = maleoni
triledi
thiola
te), as follows:
1tities/infin.gif">[{CuL
1}
2Ln(O
2NO){Ni(mn
t)
2}]·Solv·CH
3CN (Ln = Gd
3+, Solv =CH
3OH (
1), Ln = Sm
3+, Solv = CH
3CN (
2)) and [{(CH
3OH)CuL
2}
2Sm(O
2NO)][Ni(mn
t)
2] (
3) wi
th [Ni(mn
t)
2]
2-, [{(CH
3CN)CuL
1}
2Ln(H
2O)][Ni(mn
t)
2]
3·2CH
3CN (Ln = Gd
3+ (
4), Sm
3+ (
5), Tb
3+ (
6)), and [{(CH
3OH)CuL
2}{CuL
2}Gd(O
2NO){Ni(mn
t)
2}][Ni(mn
t)
2]·CH
2Cl
2 (
7) wi
th [Ni(mn
t)
2]
tities/bull.gif">-. Trinuclear, almos
t linear, [CuLnCu] mo
tifs are found in all
the compounds.In
the isos
truc
tural
1 and
2,
two
trans cyano groups from a [Ni(mn
t)
2]
2- uni
t bridge
two
trime
tallic nodes
through axialcoordina
tion
to
the Cu cen
ters,
thus leading
to
the es
tablishmen
t of infini
te chains.
3 is an ionic compound, con
tainingdiscre
te [{(CH
3OH)CuL
2}
2Sm(O
2NO)]
2+ ca
tions and [Ni(mn
t)
2]
2- anions. Wi
thin
the series
4-
6, layers of discre
te [CuLnCu]
3+mo
tifs al
terna
te wi
th s
tacks of in
terac
ting [Ni(mn
t)
2]
tities/bull.gif">- radical anions, for which
two overlap modes, providing
two differen
ttypes of s
tacks, can be disclosed. The s
treng
th of
the in
termolecular in
terac
tions be
tween
the open-shell species ises
tima
ted
through ex
tended H&
uuml;ckel calcula
tions. In compound
7, [Ni(mn
t)
2]
tities/bull.gif">- radical anions coordina
te group one of
theCu cen
ters of a
trinuclear [Cu
2Gd] mo
tif
through a CN, while discre
te [Ni(mn
t)
2]
tities/bull.gif">- uni
ts are also presen
t, overlapping inbe
tween, bu
t also wi
th
the coordina
ted ones. Fur
thermore,
the [Cu
2Gd] moie
ties dimerize each o
ther upon linkage by
two ni
tra
to groups, bo
th ac
ting as chela
te
toward
the gadolinium ion from one uni
t and monoden
ta
te
toward a Cu ionfrom
the o
ther uni
t. The magne
tic proper
ties of
the gadolinium-con
taining complexes have been de
termined. Ferromagne
ticexchange in
terac
tions wi
thin
the
trinuclear [Cu
2Gd] mo
tifs occur. In
the compounds
4 and
7,
the [Ni(mn
t)
2]
tities/bull.gif">- radicalanions con
tribu
tion
to
the magne
tiza
tion is clearly observed in
the high-
tempera
ture regime, and mos
t of i
t vanishes upon
tempera
ture decrease, very likely because of
the ra
ther s
trong an
tiferromagne
tic exchange in
terac
tions be
tween
theopen-shell species. The ex
ten
t of
the exchange in
terac
tion in
the compound
7, which was found
to be an
tiferromagne
tic,be
tween
the coordina
ted Cu cen
ter and
the corresponding [Ni(mn
t)
2]
tities/bull.gif">- radical anion, bearing mos
tly a 3p spin
type, wases
tima
ted
through CASSCF/CASPT2 calcula
tions. Compound
6 exhibi
ts a slow relaxa
tion of
the magne
tiza
tion.