文摘
Nucleophilic attack by the carbanion ?/sup>CH2COCH3 at the carbonyl carbon atoms of 2,6-di-(2-pyridylcarbonyl)pyridine, pyCOpyCOpy, in the presence of Mnn+ ions under basic conditions has yielded the cationic cluster [Mn4(OH)2(L)2(H2O)2](ClO4)4 (1), where L2?/sup> is the (py)C(CH2COCH3)(O?/sup>)(py)C(CH2COCH3)(O?/sup>)(py) dianion. The cluster cation possesses a planar {MnII2MnIII2(¦Ì3-OH)2(¦Ì-OR)4}4+ rhombus core, resulting from two ¦Ì3-OH?/sup> ions and two ¦Ç1:¦Ç2:¦Ç1:¦Ç1:¦Ç1:¦Ç2:¦Ç1:¦Ì3 bridging L2?/sup> groups from the in situ formed ligand. Complex 1 is antiferromagnetically coupled with an unusual S = 2 ground state resulting from spin frustration effects within the triangular Mn3 subunits of the cluster.