[Cu(salen)Gd(pta)
3] (
1), [Cu(acacen)Gd(pta)
3] (
2), and [Cu(acacen)Gd(hfa)
3] (
3) are three heterobi
metallic[Cu
IIGd
III] co
mplexes of general for
mula [Cu(SB)Gd(
![](/i<font color=)
mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="
middle">-dik)
3], in which a
N,
N',
O,
O' Schiff base (SB) ligand [acacen=
N,
N'-ethylenebis(acetylacetoni
minate(-)), salen =
N,
N'-ethylenebis(salicylidenei
minate(-))] tetracoordinates Cu
IIand chelates Gd
III as a tris(
![](/i<font color=)
mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="
middle">-diketonate) co
mplex [hfa = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionate(-); pta = 1,1,1-trifluoro-5,5-di
methylhexane-2,4-dionate(-)]. They crystallize as a triclinic structure (space group
P![](/i<font color=)
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macr.gif">). The cellpara
meters are
a = 9.8616(10) Å,
b = 12.1976(13) Å,
c = 18.4187(22) Å,
mages/gifchars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0> = 90.671(14)
![](/i<font color=)
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mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 100.588(13)
![](/i<font color=)
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mages/gifchars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 103.684(12)
![](/i<font color=)
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V = 2113 Å
3, and
Z = 2 for
1;
a = 9.7560(11) Å,
b = 12.2924(13) Å,
c = 18.9368(22) Å,
mages/gifchars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0> = 88.449(14)
![](/i<font color=)
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mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 87.269(14)
![](/i<font color=)
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mages/gifchars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 67.629(12)
![](/i<font color=)
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V = 2098 Å
3, and
Z = 2 for
2; and
a = 12.5726(15) Å,
b = 15.5985(18) Å,
c = 18.3724(21) Å,
mages/gifchars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0> = 85.963(13)
![](/i<font color=)
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mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 85.411(14)
![](/i<font color=)
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mages/gifchars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 80.766(14)
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V = 3539 Å
3, and
Z = 4 for
3. The Cu(O,O')Gd bridging cores show folding angles about O,O' in the range 139
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/deg.gif">-147
![](/i<font color=)
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molecular Cu···Gd distances of about 3.3 Å. In the solid state, the
molecules for
m centrosy
mmetric pseudodi
mers[Cu(SB)Gd(
![](/i<font color=)
mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="
middle">-dik)
3]
2, through the overlap of the Cu(SB) entities. Resulting intradi
mer Cu···Cu distances are 5.941(1) Å for
1, 4.831(1) Å for
2, and 4.511(1) and 3.868(1) Å for
3 which co
mprises two sy
mmetrically independentdi
mers. The te
mperature dependence of co
mplexes
1-
3 was investigated in the range 1.8-300 K and revealedweak ferro
magnetic interactions. Results are discussed in light of the structural features and of available
magnetostructural data for other heterobi
metallic [Cu
IIGd
III] co
mplexes, including [Cu(salen)Gd(hfa)
3] (
4) (Ra
made,I.; Kahn, O.; Jeannin, Y.; Robert, F.
Inorg. Chem. 1997,
36, 930-936).