The syntheses and structural and physical characterization of the compounds [Cu(bipy)
2]
2[Mo(CN)
8]·5H
2O·CH
3OH (
1) with bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine and M
II2[Mo
IV(CN)
8]·
xH
2O (
2 with M = Cu,
x = 7.5;
3 with M = Mn,
x = 9.5) are presented.
1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group
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(
a = 11.3006(4) Å,
b = 12.0886(5) Å,
c =22.9589(9) Å,
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= 81.799(2)
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,
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= 79.787(2)
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,
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= 62.873(2)
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,
Z = 2). The structure of
1 consists of neutraltrinuclear molecules in which a central [Mo(CN)
8]
4- anion is linked to two [Cu(bipy)
2]
2+ cations through twocyanide bridges.
2 crystallizes poorly, and hence, structural information has been obtained from the wide-angleX-ray scattering (WAXS) technique, by comparison with
3 and Fe
II2(H
2O)
4[Mo
IV(CN)
8]·4H
2O whose X-raystructure has been previously solved.
2,
3, and Fe
II2(H
2O)
4[Mo
IV(CN)
8]·4H
2O form extended networks with allthe cyano groups acting as bridges. The magnetic properties have shown that
1 and
2 behave as paramagnets.Under irradiation with light, they exhibit important modifications of their magnetic properties, with the appearanceat low temperature of magnetic interactions. For
1 the modifications are irreversible, whereas they are reversiblefor
2 after cycling in temperature. These photomagnetic effects are thought to be caused by the conversion ofMo
IV (diamagnetic) to Mo
V(paramagnetic) through a photooxidation mechanism for
1 and a photoinduced electrontransfer in
2. These results have been correlated with the structural features.