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A Triple-Decker Heptadecanuclear (Cu-II)(15)(Cr-III)(2) Complex Assembled from Pentanuclear Metallacrowns
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A Triple-Decker Heptadecanuclear (Cu-II)(15)(Cr-III)(2) Complex Assembled from Pentanuclear Metallacrowns

Anna V. Pavlishchuk, Sergey V. Kolotilov, Matthias Zeller, Laurence K. Thompson, Igor O. Fritsky, Anthony W. Addison and Allen D. Hunter
European journal of inorganic chemistry, (30), pp 4851-4858
01 Oct 2010

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Chemistry Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear Physical Sciences Science & Technology
Reaction of the pentanuclear Cu-II metallacrown [Cu-5(ahpha)(4)](ClO4)center dot 4H(2)O (ahpha(2-) is the dianion of 3-amino-3-(hydroximino)propanehydroxamic acid), with Cr(C2O4)(3)(3-) led to the formation of a heptadecanuclear complex {[Cu-5(ahpha)(4)](3)-[Cr(C2O4)(3)](2)center dot 4H(2)O}-8H(2)O center dot 1/3(DMF) (1.8H(2)O center dot 1/3(DMF)). This compound contains three stacked Cu-5(ahpha)(4)(2+) building blocks, linked by axial bonds between Cu2+ ions of one Cu-5 metallacrown and hydroxamate oxygen atoms of the neighboring Cu-5 unit. Two Cr(C2O4)(3)(3-) anions are bonded to the two lateral Cu-5(ahpha)(4)(2+) cations through axial Cu-O(oxalate) bonds. The formation of 1 may be considered the first example of metallacrown trimerization caused by anion metathesis. The compound contains 10 x 13 angstrom voids (about 25% of crystal volume), filled with solvate water molecules. The magnetic properties (chi T-M vs. T) could be fitted as the superposition of the magnetism of 3 chi T-M(Cu-5(II)) and 2 chi T-M(Cr-III). Exchange interactions within the Cu(II)5 units were fit in the framework of a model based on the Hamiltonian H(Cu(II)5) = -2J(1)(S-1 center dot S-5 + S-2 center dot S-5 + S-3 center dot S-5 + S-4 center dot S-5) -2J(2)(S-1 center dot S-2 + S-2 center dot S-3 + S-3 center dot S-4 + S-4 center dot S-1), where S-5 represents the central Cu2+ ions' spins and the other spin operators correspond to the peripheral Cu2+ ions. With other possible interactions taken into account using a molecular field approach, the best fit corresponded to J(1) = -153(5) cm(-1), J(2) = -71(2) cm(-1) and zJ' = -0.058(4) cm(-1).

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