Abstract
Two phenoxo bridged dinuclear Cu(II) complexes, [Cu2L2(NO2)2] (1) and [Cu2L2(NO3)2] (2) have been synthesized using the tridentate reduced Schiff-base ligand 2-[(2-dimethylamino-ethylamino)-methyl]-phenol (HL). The complexes have been characterized by X-ray structural analyses and variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements. The structures of the two compounds are very similar having the same tridentate chelating ligand (L) and mono-dentate anionic ligand nitrite for 1 and nitrate for 2. In both complexes Cu(II) is penta-coordinated but the square pyramidal geometry of the copper ions is severely distorted (Addison parameter (τ)=0.33) in 1 while the distortion is quite small (average τ=0.11) in 2. These differences have marked effect on the magnetic properties of two compounds. Although both are antiferromagnetically coupled, the coupling constants (J=−140.8 and −614.7cm−1 for 1 and 2, respectively) show that the coupling is much stronger in 2.
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