The reaction of manganese(III) acetate
meso-tetraphenylporphyrin with phenylphosphinic acidprovides the one-dimensional compound of formula [Mn(TPP)O
2PHPh]·H
2O, which crystallizes in themonoclinic
C2/
c space group. The chain structure is generated by a glide plane resulting in Jahn-Tellerelongation axes of the Mn
III octahedra that alternate along the chain. The phenylphosphinate anion transmitsa sizable antiferromagnetic exchange interaction that, combined with the easy axis magnetic anisotropy ofthe Mn
III sites, gives rise to a canted antiferromagnetic arrangement of the spins. The static
single-crystalmagnetic properties have been analyzed with a classical Monte Carlo approach, and the best fit parametersfor the exchange and
single ion anisotropy are
J = -0.68(4) K and
D = -4.7(2) K, respectively (u
sing the-2
JSiSj formalism for the exchange). Below 5 K the
single-crystal dynamics susceptibility reveals afrequency-dependent out-of-phase signal typical of
single-chain magnets. The extracted relaxation timefollows the Arrhenius law with
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= 36.8 K. The dynamic behavior has been rationalized and correlated togeometrical parameters of the structure. The contribution of the correlation length to the energy barrierhas been investigated, and it has been found that the characteristic length that dominates the dynamicsstrongly exceeds the correlation length estimated from magnetic susceptibility.