N -oxide bridged manganese(II) coordination polymers

Abstract

A simple method for synthesis of manganese(II) coordination polymers with different benzoate ligands and pyridine N-oxide having general composition [Mn(RC6H4CO2)2(PyO)] n is presented (where PyO = pyridine N-oxide and R = H, 1a; R = 4-NO2, 1b; R = 4-Cl, 1c; R = 4-OH, 1d; R = 2-NO2, 1e). All these polymers are characterized by X-ray crystallography and other spectroscopic techniques. The coordination polymers have similar structures, but the positions of the manganese atoms differ. For example, 1c is highly symmetric and a mirror plane exists between each manganese site (2/m). In 1d, the manganese centers are related by an inversion center (−1) whereas in 1e the manganese centers are related by C1 rotation (1). Reaction of manganese(II) acetate tetrahydrate with 4-chlorobenzoic acid and PyO upon crystallization from methanol/pyridine gave crystals of coordination polymer 1c along with aqua-bis-pyridine bis-4-chlorobenzoato manganese(II) (2). The structure of 2 also determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction has a 1-D hydrogen bonded chain structure. Temperature-dependent zero-field cooled and field-cooled magnetization data of 1a–1c measured at 20 Oe and 1000 Oe show field-dependent magnetization spread over a wide temperature range from 5 to 300 K. These coordination polymers show anti-ferromagnetic behavior below 20 K.