A binuclear Cu(II) complex of [(Cu
2(HAP)
2IPA)(OH)(H
2O)](ClO
4)
2·H
2O (HAP = 3-amino-1-propanol; IPA =2-hydroxy-5-me
thylisoph
thalaldehyde) has been syn
thesized and charac
terized by X-ray crys
tallography, by solids
ta
te magne
tic suscep
tibili
ty, and in solu
tion by
1H NMR s
tudies. The binuclear copper(II) complex crys
tallizesin
the or
thorhombic sys
tem, space group
Pbcn,
a = 27.9972(9) Å,
b = 8.8713(3) Å,
c = 19.5939(6) Å, and
Z =8. The
two copper(II) a
toms in
this binuclear Cu(II) complex are bridged by
the oxygen a
toms of
the phenola
teand hydroxy groups. The axial posi
tion a
t one Cu a
tom is occupied by a wa
ter molecule while ano
ther Cu hasweak in
terac
tion wi
th a perchlora
te group. The coordina
tion geome
tries around
the
two Cu a
toms are dis
tor
tedsquare pyramid and square planar. The solid s
ta
te magne
tic suscep
tibili
ty measuremen
t reveals a modera
tean
tiferromagne
tic exchange in
terac
tion be
tween
the
two Cu a
toms wi
th a -2
J value of 113 ± 9 cm
-1. The variable-
tempera
ture
1H NMR s
tudies in CD
3CN solu
tion show
tha
t the observed rela
tively sharp hyperfine shif
ted signalsfollow a Curie behavior. The exchange coupling cons
tan
t (-2
J) ob
tained in solu
tion by using chemical shif
t asa func
tion of
tempera
ture also reveals a modera
te an
tiferromagne
tic exchange in
terac
tion be
tween
two Cu(II)ions. An analysis of
the relaxa
tion da
ta shows
tha
t the reorien
ta
tional correla
tion
time (
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c) is domina
ted probablyby a combina
tion of elec
tronic relaxa
tion
time
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s and ro
ta
tional correla
tion
time (
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r) due
to an exchange-modula
teddipolar mechanism for
this modera
tely an
tiferromagne
tically coupled binuclear copper(II) sys
tem.