The reaction of Haat [Haat = (3-acetylamino-1,2,4-triazole)] with aquated Cu(CF
3SO
3)
2, Cu(NO
3)
2, and Cu(ClO
4)
2, respectively, in water results in the trinuclear complexes [Cu
3(OH)(aat)
3(CF
3SO
3)(H
2O)
2](CF
3SO
3) (
1),[Cu
3(OH)(aat)
3(NO
3)(H
2O)
2](NO
3)·(H
2O)
2 (
2), and [Cu
3(OH)(aat)
3(ClO
4)(H
2O)
2](ClO
4) (
3). The synthesis, X-raystructure, and magnetic and spectroscopic properties of the three title complexes are described. The cation of thethree complexes is trinuclear with a Cu
3OH skeleton which has the N-N diazine grouping of a triazole ring asbridge between each pair of copper atoms. The Cu
3OH units have an average Cu-O distance of 1.991(6) (
1),2.000(6) (
2), and 2.007(6) (
3) Å, an average Cu-Cu' distance of 3.355(2) (
1), 3.341(1) (
2), and 3.371(3) (
3) Å,and an average Cu-O-Cu' angle of 114.6(3)
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(
1), 112.4(2)
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(
2), and 115.4(3)
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(
3). The existence of the Cu
3OHfragment is confirmed by a pseudotetrahedral oxygen environment, by detection of the OH hydrogen atom, andby stoichiometry. In the trinuclear unit the metal ions show, in the first approximation, a pseudo-square-planarpyramidal environment forming a CuN
2O
3 chromophore; three of the basal positions are occupied by N,N,O aatligand atoms, the fourth one is occupied by the oxygen of the central OH group, and the apical site is occupiedby an oxygen atom from a water molecule in the case of two of the copper(II) atoms and by an oxygen atom fromthe coordinating anion in the case of the third metal ion. The three compounds exhibit strong antiferromagneticinteraction, with similar
J constants [
J = -197.7 (
1),
J = -190.9 (
2),
J = -198.2 (
3) cm
-1], reaching completespin coupling at ca. 75 K (
1)/55 K (
2)/95 K (
3). At very low temperature the magnetic moment (magneticsusceptibility) falls below that expected for one unpaired electron. Magnetic parameters are discussed on thebasis of the structural results and compared with those reported in the literature for related trimeric Cu(II) compoundswith N-O or N-N peripheral bridges. Solid state EPR spectra of the three complexes recorded at liquid Ntemperature show axial signals. Crystal data: C
14H
20Cu
3F
6N
12O
12S
2 (
1) (
Mw = 917.16) crystallizes in the monoclinicspace group,
P2
1/
c,
Z = 4, with cell dimensions
a = 13.080(2) Å,
b = 17.202(2) Å,
c = 13.840(2) Å,
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=92.40(1)
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, and
V = 3111.3(7) Å
3,
Dcalcd = 1.958 Mg m
-3; the final agreement values were R1 = 0.0582 and wR2= 0.1462 for 7107 unique reflections. C
12H
24Cu
3N
14O
14 (
2) (
Mw = 779.07) crystallizes in the triclinic spacegroup,
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,
Z = 2, with cell dimensions
a = 9.647(2) Å,
b = 9.985(2) Å,
c = 15.314(2) Å,
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= 84.080(10),
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= 87.694(10),
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= 65.030(10)
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, and
V = 1330.1(4) Å
3,
Dcalcd = 1.945 Mg m
-3; the final agreement values wereR1 = 0.0397 and wR2 = 0.0950 for 7728 unique reflections. C
12H
20Cl
2Cu
3N
12O
14 (
3) (
Mw = 817.92) crystallizesin the monoclinic space group,
P2
1/
a,
Z = 4, with cell dimensions
a = 14.238(5) Å,
b = 16.387(6) Å,
c =11.678(4) Å,
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= 90.45(2)
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, and
V = 2724.6(18) Å
3,
Dcalcd = 1.994 Mg m
-3; the final agreement values were R1= 0.0616 and wR2 = 0.1279 for 4038 unique reflections.