Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of diphenylphosphinates of cobalt(II) and manganese(II). The crystal and molecular structures of the γ forms of poly-bis(μ-diphenylphosphinato)cobalt(II) and manganese(II)

The synthesis of the β and γ forms of M(Ph2PO2)2 where M = Co and Mn are described and the compounds are characterized by infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray powder diffraction, and low-temperature (2–80 K) magnetic susceptibility studies. Single crystal X-ray diffraction studies are reported on the γ forms. Crystals of the γ forms of poly-bis(μ-diphenylphosphinato)cobalt(II) and poly-bis(μ-diphenylphosphinato)manganese(II) are isomorphous, crystallizing with 4 formula units per unit-cell in the monoclinic space group P21/c. Lattice constants are a = 8.080(2), 8.161(1), b = 23.550(6), 23.751(1), c = 11.726(3), 11.6946(6) Ǻ, and β = 92.88(2), 93.026(8)° for the Co and Mn derivatives respectively. The structures were solved by heavy atom methods and were refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.039 and 0.045 for 4041 and 2878 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I), respectively. Both crystal structures consist of double phosphinate-bridged chain polymers containing tetrahedrally coordinated metal atoms: Co—O = 1.950(2)–1.963(2) Ǻ, O—Co—O = 104.81(8)–117.77(9)°, Mn—O = 2.016(3)–2.033(3) Ǻ, O—Mn—O = 103.2(1)–114.7(1)°. All four compounds exhibit antiferromagnetic coupling and magnetic susceptibilities have been analyzed according to two Heisenberg models for linear chains of metal ions with S = 3/2 for cobalt and S = 5/2 for manganese. The Weng model (with values for the Wagner and Friedberg model in parentheses) gives –J = 0.25 (0.26) cm−1 and 0.55 (0.60) cm−1 for the β and γ forms, respectively, of Co(Ph2PO2)2, and 0.34 (0.36) cm−1 and 0.17 (0.17) cm−1 for the β and γ forms, respectively, of Mn(Ph2PO2)2. Key words: crystal structure, diphenylphosphinates of cobalt(II) and manganese(II), magnetic properties.