The manganese(III) complexes studied in this report derive from asymmetrical trianionic lig
ands abbreviated H
3L
i(
i = 4-6). These lig
ands are obtained through reaction of salicylaldehyde with "half-units", the latter resulting frommonocondensation of different diamines with phenylsalicylate,. Upon deprotonation, L
i (
i = 4-6) possess an innerN
2O
2 coordination site with one amido, one imine,
and two phenoxo functions,
and an outer amido oxygen donor.The trianionic character of such lig
ands yields original neutral complexes with the L/Mn stoichiometry. The crystal
and molecular structures of three complexes have been determined at 190 K (
1) or 180 K (
2 and 3). Complex
1crystallizes in the triclinic space group
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(No. 2):
a = 7.8582(14) Å,
b = 10.9225(16) Å,
c = 12.4882(18) Å,
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= 67.231(14)
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,
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= 72.134(14)
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,
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= 82.589(13)
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,
V = 940.6(3) Å
3,
Z = 2. Complex
2 crystallizes in theorthorhombic space group
Pbcn (
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. 60):
a = 23.8283(15) Å,
b = 11.1605(7) Å,
c = 26.152(2) Å,
V = 6954.8(8) Å
3,
Z = 8, while complex
3 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P2
1/
c (No. 14) with
a = 11.7443(14) Å,
b = 7.5996(10) Å,
c = 18.029(2) Å,
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= 100.604(10)
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,
V = 1581.6(3) Å
3,
Z = 4. Owing to hydrogen bonds
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stackings, the mononuclear neutral molecules of
1 are arranged in a 2D network while complexes
2 and 3are tetranuclear
and polymeric (1D chain) species, respectively, owing to the bridging ability of the oxygen atomof the amido function. The experimental magnetic susceptibilities of complexes
2 and 3 indicate the occurrence ofsimilarly weak Mn
III-Mn
III antiferromagnetic interactions (
J = -1.1 cm
-1). Single ion zero-field splitting of manganese(III) must be taken into account for satisfactorily fitting the data by exact calculation of the energy levels associatedto the spin Hamiltonian through diagonalization of the full matrix for axial symmetry in
2 (
J = - 1.1 cm
-1,
D1 =2.2 cm
-1,
D2 = -2.8 cm
-1),
D1 and D2 being associated to the six-
and five-coordinate Mn ions, respectively. Aweaker antiferromagnetic interaction (
J = - 0.2 cm
-1) operates through
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stacking in complex
1. Complex
3is a weak ferromagnet (ordering temperature ~7 K) as a result of the spin canting originating from the crystalpacking.