New manganese (II) structures derived from 2,6-dichlorobenzoic acid: Syntheses, crystal structures and magnetism
Introduction
Nowadays there is an intensive research in the field of molecular magnets, in particular for that exhibiting fascinating applications such as quantum computation devices using the high temperature quantum entanglement effect [1], [2], [3], magnetic sensors and magnetic data storage [4]. These molecular magnets are structures consisting of metal ions coordinated to inorganic or organic molecules; and are capable of forming zero dimension (cluster), one-dimension (chain), two-dimension (layer) and three-dimension structures, in which strongly affects the magnetic behavior. Regarding the magnetic interest, chemists and physicists put their knowledge together to understand in a systematic way, to what extent the different structural and chemical parameters affect the sign and magnitude of the magnetic interaction [5]. With this purpose to better control material's magnetic characteristics, we have been working in rational design and preparation of functional transition metal compounds with intriguing structures and potential applications in magnetism. We have successfully prepared two copper silicate: Na2Cu5Si4O14, Na2Cu2Si4O11·2H2O [6], [7], [8], three isostructural compounds of type KNaMSi4O10 (M = Mn, Fe or Cu) [9] two copper germanates: (CaCuGeO4·H2O and BaCu2Ge3O9·H2O) [10] and recently a di-iron compound [Fe2(μ2-oxo)(C3H4N2)6(C2O4)2] [11]. As a natural extension of this work, aimed at finding novel molecular magnets and to better control their magnetic properties, we choose the manganese as transition metal because manganese compounds are expected to show interesting magnetic properties as very well documented by several authors [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17].
When thinking about magnetic compounds and once the metal is selected, one of the points to be seriously considered is the choice of appropriate bridging ligands, which originates substantial modifications in the magnetic exchange between the paramagnetic adjacent metal centers [18]. As part of a work initially aimed at preparing a multi-nuclear manganese (II) compounds, we choice as bridging ligand the 2,6-dichlorobenzoic acid (2,6-DCBA) which works as multidentate chelating ligand allowing multiple conformation environments: syn–syn, syn-anti, anti–anti conformations [19]. A particularly interesting case of conformation is the syn–syn originating shorter distances between metal centers. In this paper Mn(II) compounds using 2,6-DCBA bridging ligand are synthesized and their structures determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The magnetic properties were also investigated for one of these compounds (compound 1), showing an antiferromagnetic behavior in the system.
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Synthesis
All reagents and chemicals were purchased from commercial sources and used without further purification. Manganese acetate tetrahydrate (99%), 2,6-dichlorobenzoic acid (99%) and ethanol absolute (99%) were obtained from Jenssen Chimica and Fischer Scientific, respectively.
Structure description of compound 1 [Mn2(μ-2,6-DCBA)3(μ2-CH3CO2)2H2O]·2H2O
Single crystal X-ray analysis indicates that the [Mn2(μ-2,6-DCBA)3(μ2-CH3CO2)2H2O]·2H2O (compound 1) crystallizes in the monoclinic system with P21/c symmetry. The asymmetric unit of this manganese compound contains: two independent manganese centers Mn(1) and Mn(2); three 2,6-DCBA; one acetate group; two water molecules connected to the Mn centers; and two extra lattice waters (Fig. 1(a)). Both Mn centers exhibit distorted octahedral geometry as shown in Fig. 1(b), surrounded by 3 oxygens from
Conclusions
In conclusion, three novel Mn(II) compounds using 2,6 DCBA ligand were synthesized and characterized. Their structures were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 1 with formula [Mn2(μ-2,6-DCBA)3(μ2-CH3CO2)(2H2O)]·2H2O showed an interesting 1D structure composed of zig–zag Mn chains with distances metal to metal alternating between 3.8904(4) and 3.6725(4) Å. Magnetic susceptibility of compound 1 was measured and analyzed by means of a theoretical model based on a regular
Acknowledgement
The authors acknowledge European Union, QREN, Fundo Europeu para o desenvolvimento regional (FEDER), COMPETE, FCT, Collaboration Project FCT/CAPES and CICECO (pEstc/CTM/LA001/2011 for financial support) and to Dr. J.P. de Araújo from University of Porto for magnetic measurements. C. C, J. C. G. T., S. S. P. and M. S. R. also thanks FAPERJ, CNPq, CAPES and PROPPI-UFF for financial support.
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