The synthesis and X-ray structural characterization oftwo manganese(III) porphyrazine (tetraazaporphyrin)complexes are reported:[Mn(Et
2dtc)ODMAPz] (
1) and[Mn(Cl)ODMAPz] (
2) (Et
2dtc =diethyldithiocarbamato;ODMAPz =2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octakis(dimethylamino)porphyrazinato).In both
1 and
2, the Mn(III) ionsits~0.3 Å out of the plane of the pyrrolic nitrogen atoms toward theaxial ligand. The structural data reveal thatfor both
1 and
2 the Mn(III) ions areisolated from each other, simplifying the interpretation of themagneticbehavior of these compounds. Cyclic voltammetry shows that theperipheral dimethylamino groups make thesemetalloporphyrazines extremely electron-rich, with theMn(III)/Mn(II) couple at -1.3 V (versusferrocenium/ferrocene), shifted approximately 0.6-0.9 V more negative than thoseof related manganese macrocycles.Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements showthat the ground state is
S = 2 with axialzero-field splitting, and
D = 3.1-3.3cm
-1 for both
1 and
2.These bulk magnetic measurements are comparedto the magnetic behavior of Mn(III) porphyrin-type complexes, aswell as recent direct resonance measurementson
1 and
2 by high-field EPR spectroscopy.The related metalloporphyrazine NiODMAPz, with aninternallybound Ni(II) ion, coordinates 4 equiv of PdCl
2 to theperipheral dimethylamino sites to give[Ni(ODMAPz)(PdCl
2)
4] (
5). Compound
1 crystallizes in
C2/
c, with
a= 22.480(3) Å,
b = 20.128(2) Å,
c = 19.423(3) Å,
=102.97(1)
,
V = 8564(2) Å
3, and
Z = 8 (
R1 = 0.074,w
R2 = 0.169). Compound
2crystallizes in
P with
a =10.216(6) Å,
b = 13.426(8) Å,
c =15.683(14) Å,
= 114.59(5)
,
=96.82(6)
,
= 101.87(5)
,
V =1863(2)Å
3, and
Z = 2 (
R1 =0.067, w
R2 = 0.183).