Copper(II) complexes of 2-amino-5-chloro-3-fluoropyridine: syntheses and magnetic properties of (3,5-FCAP)2CuX2 and (3,5-FCAPH)2CuX4

Abstract

Using 2-amino-5-chloro-3-fluoropyridine, two new copper halide coordination complexes and two new salts have been synthesized: [(3,5-FCAP)2CuCl2] (1), [(3,5-FCAP)2CuBr2](2), (3,5-FCAPH)2[CuCl4] (3) and (3,5-FCAPH)2[CuBr4] (4) [3,5-FCAP = 2-amino-5-chloro-3-fluoropyridine; 3,5-FCAPH = 2-amino-5-chloro-3-fluoropyridinium]. These complexes have been analyzed through single-crystal X-ray diffraction and temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility. Compounds 1 and 2 crystallize in the triclinic space group P-1, while 3 and 4 crystallize in the monoclinic space group P21/c. All structures were distinct, with 1 giving a bihalide bridged chain, 2 yielding a halide bridged dimer, 3 forming a two-halide bridged chain via short Cl⋅⋅⋅Cl contacts, and 4 producing a rectangular sheet via short Br⋅⋅⋅Br contacts. All four compounds exhibit anti-ferromagnetic interactions and were fit to linear chain (1 and 3), dimer (2), and rectangular 2-D sheet (4) models. The resulting J/kB values are −3.4(1), −31.3(8), −0.9(1), and −9.46(6) K with an α value (α = Jʹ/J) of 0.06(2), respectively.