Syntheses and magnetic properties of three transition metal complexes based on 4′-p-tolyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine and SCN−

Abstract

Three transition metal complexes based on 4′-p-tolyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (ttpy) and SCN−, [Mn2(ttpy)2(SCN)3Cl] (1), [Co2(ttpy)2(SCN)4]·H2O (2) and [Ni(ttpy)(SCN)2]2 (3), have been hydrothermally synthesized. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses reveal that the three complexes display discrete molecules with three distinct structures caused by the different coordination geometry of the transition metal centers. Complex 1 contains two neutral independent components of mononuclear [Mn(ttpy)(SCN)2] and binuclear [Mn(ttpy)(SCN)Cl]2. Complex 2 shows an ion-pair bicomponent structure of [Co(ttpy)2]2+ and [Co(SCN)4]2−. Complex 3 shows a binuclear structure bridged by two end-to-end bridging SCN− anions. Magnetic properties of the three complexes have been investigated.