Heptacopper(II) and dicopper(II)-adenine complexes: Synthesis, structural characterization, and magnetic properties

B. J.M. Leite Ferreira, Paula Brandão, A. M. Dos Santos, Z. Gai, C. Cruz, M. S. Reis, T. M. Santos, V. Félix

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Abstract

(Chemical Presented). The syntheses, crystal structures, and magnetic properties of two new copper(II) complexes with molecular formulas [Cu72-OH2)63-O)6(adenine)6](NO3)2·6H2O (1) and [Cu22-H2O)2(adenine)2(H2O)4](NO3)4·2H2O (2) are reported. The heptanuclear compound is composed of a central octahedral CuO6 core sharing edges with six adjacent copper octahedra. In 2, the copper octahedra shares one equatorial edge. In both compounds, these basic copper cluster units are further linked by water bridges and bridging adenine ligands through N3 and N9 donors. All copper(II) centers exhibit Jahn-Teller distorted octahedral coordination characteristic of a d9 center. The study of the magnetic properties of the heptacopper complex revealed a dominant ferromagnetic intra-cluster interaction, while the dicopper complex exhibits antiferromagnetic intra-dimer interactions with weakly ferromagnetic inter-dimer interaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2770-2787
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Coordination Chemistry
Volume68
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 18 2015

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Funding

Thanks are due to the University of Aveiro and CICECO for financial support of this work. B.J.M. Leite-Ferreira acknowledges FCT for her post-doc grant SFRH/BPD/81113/2011. Research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source and Center for Nanophase Materials Science was sponsored by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the U.S. Department of Energy.

FundersFunder number
Scientific User Facilities Division
U.S. Department of Energy
Basic Energy Sciences
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Universidade de Aveiro
Centro de Investigação em Materiais Cerâmicos e Compósitos
Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaSFRH/BPD/81113/2011

    Keywords

    • Adenine complexes
    • Copper cluster
    • Dicopper(II)
    • Heptacopper(II)
    • Magnetic properties

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