Oligometallic cobalt 3,5-dimethylpyrazolate complexes: synthesis, structural and magnetic studies
Three oligometallic 3,5-dimethylpyrazolate (dmpz) bridged Co(II) compounds have been synthesized and characterized spectroscopically: dimeric [Co(dmpz)2(Hdmpz)]2, the related oligometallic compound, Co(dmpz)2•0.344(Hdmpz), and the trimetallic [Co(dmpz)2Cl(Hdmpz)]2Co. The first and last of these compounds have been studied magnetically and by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Crystals of [Co(dmpz)2(Hdmpz)]2 are orthorhombic, a = 17.022(1), b = 29.224(2), c = 13.576(3) Å, Z = 8, space group Fddd; and those of [Co(dmpz)2Cl(Hdmpz)]2Co are triclinic, a = 11.742(3), b = 18.604(4), c = 8.950(2) Å, α = 99.76(2)°, β = 102.32(2)°, γ = 93.36(2)°, Z = 2, space group [Formula: see text] The structures were solved by the Patterson method and were refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.035 and 0.042 (Rw = 0.034, 0.047) for 938 and 3853 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(F2), respectively. Magnetic susceptibility studies on the dimeric and trimetallic complex show them to exhibit antiferromagnetic behaviour. Analysis of the magnetic data (2– 300 K) for the trimetallic complexes reveals antiferromagnetic coupling between the terminal and central Co(II) ions with J (Heisenberg) ≈ −3 cm−1. Either intramolecular next-nearest neighbour or intermolecular antiferromagnetic exchange is also present in this compound. The dimeric complex shows significant antiferromagnetic exchange between cobalt centres. Susceptibility data over the range 12–300 K are adequately modelled with the Ising S = 1/2 dimer model (J ≈ −23 cm−1).