Synthesis, crystal structure, and magnetic properties of a new tetranuclear Cu(II) Schiff base compound
摘要:
A new tetranuclear Cu(II) compound [Cu-4(HL)(2)(L)(2)(ClO4)(2)] (1) was synthesized from the reaction of Cu(ClO4)(2) center dot 6H(2)O with Schiff base ligand (H2L) condensed from ethanolamine with 2-hydroxyacetophenone. X-ray diffraction studies revealed that 1 is formed from the self-assembly of two dinuclear units [Cu-2(HL)(L)(ClO4)] through the doubly phenoxo bridging. The variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements were performed between 300 K and 2 K and show chi T-M value for 1 at 300 K is 1.395 cm(3) mol(-1) K and fall to 0.0459 cm(3) mol(-1) K at 2 K. These values are smaller than that expected for tetranuclear copper (II) units, indicating antiferromagnetic coupling present in the compound. This result is also confirmed from the DFT calculations. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.