Reactions between CuCl
2 and K
2tcpd (tcpd
2- = [C
10N
6]
2- = (C[C(CN)
2]
3)
2-) in the presence of neutral co-ligands(bpym = 2,2'-bipyrimidine, and tn = 1,3-diaminopropane) in aqueous solution yield the new compounds [Cu
2(bpym)(tcpd)
2(H
2O)
4]·2H
2O (
1), [Cu(tn)(tcpd)] (
2), and [Cu(tn)
2(tcpd)]·H
2O (
3), which are characterized by X-raycrystallography and magnetic measurements. Compound
1 displays a one-dimensional structure in which the bpymligand, acting with a bis-chelating coordination mode, leads to [Cu
2(bpym)]
4+ dinuclear units which are connectedby two
2-tcpd
2- bridging ligands. Compound
2 consists of a three-dimensional structure generated by [Cu(tn)]
2+units connected by a
4-tcpd
2- ligand. The structure of
3 is made up of centrosymmetric planar [Cu(tn)]
2+ unitsconnected by a
2-tcpd
2- ligand leading to infinite zigzag chains. In compounds
1 and
3, the bridging coordinationmode of the tcpd
2- unit involves only two nitrogen atoms of one C(CN)
2 wing, while in
2, this ligand acts via fournitrogen atoms of two C(CN)
2 wings. Despite this difference, the structural features of the tcpd
2- units in
1-3 areessentially similar. Magnetic measurements for compound
1 exhibit a maximum in the
m vs T plot (at ~150 K)which is characteristic of strong antiferromagnetic exchange interactions between the Cu(II) metal ions dominatedby the magnetic exchange through the bis-chelating bpym. The fit of the magnetic data to a dimer model gives
Jand
g values of -90.0 cm
-1 and 2.12, respectively. For compounds
2 and
3 the thermal variations of the magneticsusceptibility show weak antiferromagnetic interactions between the Cu(II) metal ions that can be well reproducedwith an antiferromagnetic regular
S = 1/2 chain model that gives
J values of -0.07(2) and -0.18(1) cm
-1 with
gvalues of 2.12(1) and 2.13(1) for compounds
2 and
3, respectively (the Hamiltonian is written in all the cases as
H = -2
JSaSb).