M(dmit)<sub>2</sub> Salts with Nitronyl Nitroxide Radical Cations (M = Ni and Au, dmit = 1,3-Dithiol-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate). Nonmagnetic Single-Chain Formation vs Antiferromagnetic Spin-Ladder-Chain Formation of M(dmit)<sub>2</sub>
作者:Hiroyuki Imai、Takeo Otsuka、Toshio Naito、Kunio Awaga、Tamotsu Inabe
DOI:10.1021/ja991058k
日期:1999.9.1
The crystal and magnetic structures of the 1:1 salts of [M(dmit)(2)](-) (M = Ni and Au) with the p-EPYNN (p-N-ethylpyridinium cr-nitronyl nitroxide) cationic radical have been studied. Both crystals contain one-dimensional p-EPYNN chains with alternate head-to-tail orientation. In this chain a ferromagnetic interaction has been found to operate in common. Similarly, there is a common feature in the arrangement of M(dmit)(2); in both crystals M(dmit)(2) forms a one-dimensional chain through intermolecular S...S contacts between the outer rings of the ligand. However, a marked difference exists in the arrangement of these chains. The one-dimensional Au(dmit)(2) chain is sandwiched between the p-EPYNN chains, resulting in isolation of each one-dimensional Au(dmit)(2) chain. On the other hand, every two chains of Ni(dmit)(2) are sandwiched between the p-EPYNN chains, resulting in the Ni(dmit)(2) ladder-chain formation. In contrast to the absence of the unpaired electron in [Au(dmit)(2)](-), the presence of the unpaired electron in the frontier orbital of [Ni(dmit)(2)](-) plays an important role in the formation of an antiferromagnetic molecular spin ladder.