Syntheses, crystal structures, and magnetic properties of Ni(mnt)2-based molecular solids containing substituted isoquinolinium
摘要:
Two novel ion-pair complexes, [RBzIQI](+)[Ni(mnt)(2)](-) (mnt(2-) = maleonitriledithiolate, [RBzIQI](+) = 4-R-benzylisoquinolinium; R = H (1), Cl (2)) have been characterized structurally and magnetically. The Ni(mnt)(2)(-) anions and [BzIQI](+) cations of I form I D column of alternating between cations and anions via pi... pi stacking interaction between Ni(mnt)(2) plane and isoquinoline ring, and the Ni(mnt)2 anions between adjacent columns exist C... N, C... N, and N... N interaction. The anions and cations of 2 stack into well-segregated columns in the solid state; and the Ni(111) ions form a ID zigzag chain in a Ni(mnt)(2) column through intermolecular Ni... S, S... S, Ni... Ni or pi... pi interactions. The chain is uniform in 2 with the Ni... Ni distances of 3.784 angstrom. Magnetic susceptibility measurements for these complexes in the temperature range 1.8-300 K show that I exhibits antiferromagnetic coupling behavior, and 2 exhibits unusual magnetic phase transitions around 45 K. The overall magnetic behavior for 2 indicates the presence of antiferromagnetic interaction in the high-temperature phase (HT) and spin gap in the low-temperature phase (LT). (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.