Four heteronuclear complexes Mn(CuL)
2(SCN)
2 (
1), {[Mn(CuL)
2(
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-dca)
2]·2H
2O}
n (
2), Zn(CuL)
2(SCN)
2 (
3), and [Fe(CuL)(N
3)
2]
2 (
4) incorporating macrocyclic oxamide ligands have been synthesized and structurally characterized.L is the dianion of diethyl 5,6,7,8,15,16-hexahydro-6,7-dioxodibenzo[1,4,8,11]-tetraazacyclotetradecine-13,18-dicarboxylate, and dca is the dicyanamide. The structure of
1 or
3 consists of oxamido-bridged trinuclear [M
IICu
II2]molecules (for
1, M is the manganese(II) ion, and for
3, M is the zinc(II) ion). Both of them consist of 1D supramolecuarchains via
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interactions. The structure of
2 also has the oxamido-bridged trinuclear [Mn
IICu
II2] structure unitsand consists of 2D layers formed by the linkage of copper(II) and manganese(II) atoms via the oxamido and
1,5-dca bridges. Complex
4 consists of oxamido-bridged tetranuclear [Fe
II2Cu
II2] molecules and arranges in 1D chains.Different co-ligands may result in different structures in this macrocyclic oxamide system. The variable-temperaturemagnetic susceptibility measurements (2-300 K) of
1 and
2 both show the pronounced antiferromagnetic interactionsbetween the copper(II) and manganese(II) ions.