Syntheses, crystal structures, and magnetic properties of a series of cyanide-bridged trinuclear chromate(III)?nickel(II)?chromate(III) complexes based on dicyanidechromate(III) building blocks
Four cyanide-bridged trinuclear CrIII?NiII?CrIII complexes [Ni(cyclam)][Cr(bpb)(CN)2]2¡¤2H2O (1) (cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane, bpb2- = 1,2-bis(pyridine-2-carboxamido)-benzenate), [Ni(cyclam)][Cr(bpClb)(CN)2]2¡¤4H2O (2) (bpClb2- = 1,2-bis(pyridine-2-carboxamido)-4-chloro-benzenate), [Ni(cyclam)][Cr(bpmb)(CN)2]2¡¤4H2O (3) (bpmb2- = 1,2-bis(pyridine-2-carboxamido)-4-methyl-benzenate) and [Ni(cyclam)][Cr(bpdmb)(CN)2]2 (4) (bpdmb2- = 1,2-bis(pyridine-2-carboxamido)-4,5-dimethyl-benzenate) have been synthesized by the reaction of [Ni(cyclam)](ClO4)2 with a series of dicyanidechromate(III) building blocks. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses show that the four complexes have similar trinuclear structures with CrIII-CN-NiII-NC-CrIII linkages. Magnetic investigations indicate the ferromagnetic coupling between Cr(III) and Ni(II) centers through the cyanide bridge, with JCrNi = 4.64(3) cm?1 for 1, 4.33(4) cm?1 for 2, 3.57(3) cm?1 for 3 and 5.3(1) cm?1 for 4. The study on magneto-structural correlation for cyanide-bridged CrIII?NiII systems reveals that the cyanide-bridging bond angle is related to the strength of magnetic exchange coupling: the larger the Ni-NC bond angle, the stronger the Ni?Cr magnetic interaction.