The reaction of M(ox)·2H
2O (M = Co(II), Ni(II)) or K
2(Cu(ox)
2)·2H
2O (ox = oxalate dianion) with
n-ampy(
n = 2, 3, 4;
n-ampy =
n-aminopyridine) and potassium oxalate monohydrate yields one-dimensional oxalato-bridged metal(II) complexes which have been characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, variable-temperature magneticmeasurements, and X-ray diffraction methods. The complexes M(
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-ox)(2-ampy)
2 (M = Co (
1), Ni (
2), Cu (
3))are isomorphous and crystallize in the monoclinic space group
C2/
c (No. 15),
Z = 4, with unit cell parametersfor
1 of
a = 13.885(2) Å,
b = 11.010(2) Å,
c = 8.755(1) Å, and
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= 94.21(2)
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. The compounds M(
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-ox)(3-ampy)
2·1.5H
2O (M = Co (
4), Ni (
5), Cu (
6)) are also isomorphous and crystallize in the orthorhombic spacegroup
Pcnn (No. 52),
Z = 8, with unit cell parameters for
6 of
a = 12.387(1),
b = 12.935(3), and
c = 18.632(2)Å. Compound Co(
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-ox)(4-ampy)
2 (
7) crystallizes in the space group
C2/
c (No. 15),
Z = 4, with unit cell parametersof
a = 16.478(3) Å,
b = 5.484(1) Å,
c = 16.592(2) Å, and
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= 117.76(1)
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. Complexes M(
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-ox)(4-ampy)
2(M = Ni (
8), Cu (
9)) crystallize in the orthorhombic space group
Fddd (No. 70),
Z = 8, with unit cell parametersfor
8 of
a = 5.342(1),
b = 17.078(3), and
c = 29.469(4) Å. All compounds are comprised of one-dimensionalchains in which M(
n-ampy)
22+ units are sequentially bridged by bis-bidentate oxalato ligands with M···M intrachaindistances in the range of 5.34-5.66 Å. In all cases, the metal atoms are six-coordinated to four oxygen atoms,belonging to two bridging oxalato ligands, and the endo-cyclic nitrogen atoms, from two
n-ampy ligands, buildingdistorted octahedral surroundings. The aromatic bases are bound to the metal atom in cis (
1-
6) or trans (
7-
9)positions. Magnetic susceptibility measurements in the temperature range of 2-300 K show the occurrence ofantiferromagnetic intrachain interactions except for the compound
3 in which a weak ferromagnetic coupling isobserved. Compound
7 shows spontaneous magnetization below 8 K, which corresponds to the presence of spincanted antiferromagnetism.