The bis-pyridine tridentate ligands (6-R-2-pyridylmethyl)-(2-pyridylmethyl) benzylamine (RDPMA, where R = CH
3,CF
3), (6-R-2-pyridylmethyl)-(2-pyridylethyl) benzylamine (RPMPEA, where R = CH
3, CF
3), and the bidentate liganddi-benzyl-(6-methyl-2-pyridylmethyl)amine (BiBzMePMA) have been synthesized and their copper(I) complexesoxidized in a methanol solution to afford self-assembled bis-
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-methoxo-binuclear copper(II) complexes (
1,
2,
4,
6)or hydroxo- binuclear copper(II) complexes (
3). Oxidation of the nonsubstituted DPMA (R = H) in dichloromethanegives a chloride-bridged complex (
5). The crystal structures for [Cu(MeDPMA)(MeO)]
2(ClO
4)
2 (
1), [Cu(RPMPEA)(MeO)]
2(ClO
4)
2 (for
2, R= Me
, and for
4, R = CF
3), [Cu(BiBzMePMA)(MeO)]
2(ClO
4)
2 (
6), [Cu(FDPMA)(OH)]
2(ClO
4)
2 (
3), and [Cu(DPMA)(Cl)]
2(ClO
4)
2 (
5) have been determined, and their variable-temperature magneticsusceptibility has been measured in the temperature range of 10-300 K. The copper coordination geometries arebest described as square pyramidal, except for
6, which is square planar, because of the lack of one pyridine ringin the bidentate ligand. In
1-
4 and
6, the basal plane is formed by two pyridine N atoms and two O atoms fromthe bridging methoxo or hydroxo groups, whereas in
5, the bridging Cl atoms occupy axial-equatorial sites. Magneticsusceptibility measurements show that the Cu atoms are strongly coupled antiferromagnetically in the bis-methoxocomplexes
1,
2,
4, and
6, with -2
J > 600 cm
-1, whereas for the hydroxo complex
3, -2
J = 195 cm
-1 and thechloride-bridged complex
5 shows a weak ferromagnetic coupling, with 2
J = 21 cm
-1 (2
J is an indicator of themagnetic interaction between the Cu centers).