The crystal structures of [MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2H(CN)]
2} [MnTPP = (
meso-tetraphenylporphinato)manganese(III)] an
d[MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2} have been
determine
d. These salts possess trans
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-coor
dination of
S = 1/2{Ni[S
2C
2H(CN)]
2}
- an
d {Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2}
- to Mn(III) an
d form parallel 1-D coor
dination polymer chains exhibiting
CN at 2210 an
d 2200 an
d 2220 an
d 2212 cm
-1, respectively. The bis(
dithiolato) monoanions are planar an
dbri
dge two cations with MnN
distances of 2.339(16), an
d 2.394(3) Å, respectively, which are comparable to relate
dMnN
distances observe
d for [MnTPP][TCNE]·
x(solvates). In a
ddition, [MnTP'P]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2} {H
2TP'P =
meso-tetrakis[3,5-
di-
tert-butyl-4-hy
droxyphenyl)porphyrin] an
d [MnTP'P(OH
2)]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2} were prepare
d. The latterforms isolate
d paramagnetic ions. The room-temperature values of
T for 1-D [MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2H(CN)]
2}, [MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2}, an
d [MnTP'P]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2} are 2.55, 3.28, an
d 2.86 emu K/mol, respectively. Susceptibility(
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) measurements between 2 an
d 300 K reveal weak antiferromagnetic interactions with
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= -5.9 an
d -0.2 K for[MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2H(CN)]
2} an
d [MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2}, respectively, an
d stronger antiferromagnetic coupling of-50 K for [MnTP'P]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2} from fits of
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(
T) to the Curie-Weiss law. The 1-D intrachain coupling,
Jintra,of [MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2H(CN)]
2} an
d [MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2} was
determine
d from mo
deling
T(
T) by the Sei
denexpression (
H = -2
JSi·
Sj) with
J/
kB = -8.00 K (-5.55 cm
-1; -0.65 meV) for [MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2H(CN)]
2},
J/
kB =-3.00 K (-2.08 cm
-1; -0.25 meV) for [MnTP'P]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2}, an
d J/
kB = -122 K (-85 cm
-1) for [MnTP'P]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2}. These observe
d negative
Jintra/
kB values are in
dicative of antiferromagnetic coupling. These materialsor
der as ferrimagnets at 5.5, 2.3, an
d 8.0 K, for [MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2H(CN)]
2}, [MnTPP]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2}, an
d [MnTP'P]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2}, respectively, base
d upon the temperature at which maximum in the 10 Hz
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'(
T)
data occurs.[MnTP'P]{Ni[S
2C
2(CN)
2]
2} has a coercivity of 17 700 Oe an
d remanent magnetizations of 7250 emu Oe/mol at 2K an
d 17 Oe an
d 850 emu Oe/mol at 5 K; hence, upon cooling it goes from being a soft magnet to being a veryhar
d magnet.