Dinuclear oxovanadium(IV) complexes bridged by pyrimidine derivatives, L[VO(hfac)
2]
2 [L = pyrimidine (PM),4-methylpyrimidine (MPM), 4,6-dimethylpyrimidine, 4-aminopyrimidine, and quinazoline; hfac = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionate], were synthesized and characterized. All of them showed intramolecularferromagnetic interaction, and the magnetic susceptibilities were analyzed on the basis of the singlet-triplet model,giving 2
J/
kB = 2.2-5.5 K. PM[VO(hfac)
2]
2 crystallized in a monoclinic space group
C2/
c with
a = 34.092(2),
b = 6.9783(4), and
c = 16.4940(9) Å,
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= 109.104(1)
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,
V = 3707.8(4) Å
3, and
Z = 4 for C
24H
8F
24N
2O
10V
2, andMPM[VO(hfac)
2]
2 gave isomorphous crystals. A semiempirical calculation study based on the determined structuresuggests the presence of d
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-p
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interaction between vanadium and pyrimidine nitrogen atoms. Ferromagneticcoupling is explained in terms of a spin-polarization mechanism across the pyrimidine bridge. The intermolecularferromagnetic interaction of PM[VO(hfac)
2]
2 can be interpreted by the contact between the spin-polarized pyrimidinemoiety and the oxovanadium oxygen atom in an adjacent molecule.