The complete halide series of Ni
II complexes containin
g the tetradentate macrocyclic li
gand 3,11-dithia-7,17-diazabicyclo[11.3.1]heptadeca-1(17),13,15-triene (
L), was fully characterized by X-ray diffraction. The fluoro, chloro,and bromo complexes are dinuclear species with formula [{Ni(
L)}
2(
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2]
2+ (X = halide), whereas only mononuclearspecies with formula [Ni(Y)(solv)(
L)]
n+ (Y = halide or solvent molecule), were obtained with I. To date, the fluoroderivative is the first nonor
ganometallic coordination compound containin
g the Ni(
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2Ni core. The ma
gnetic propertiesof these halo complexes have been studied. Intramolecular interactions were observed in the three dinuclearcomplexes, bein
g antiferroma
gnetic in the fluoro derivative and ferroma
gnetic in both the chloro and bromo ones.The two iodo derivatives are parama
gnetic species, as would be expected for mononuclear octahedral Ni
II complexes.Density functional theory calculations led us to relate the ma
gnetic behaviors of these compounds to the values ofthe correspondin
g Ni-X-Ni
i an
gle. The analysis of the sin
gly occupied molecular orbitals
gave a clear comprehensionof the different ma
gnetic exchan
ge interactions found in these Ni
II complexes.