N-oxide bridged manganese(II) coordination polymers

Abstract

A simple method for synthesis of manganese(II) coordination polymers with different benzoate ligands and pyridine N-oxide having general composition [Mn(RC₆H₄CO₂)₂(PyO)] _n is presented (where PyO = pyridine N-oxide and R = H, 1a; R = 4-NO₂, 1b; R = 4-Cl, 1c; R = 4-OH, 1d; R = 2-NO₂, 1e). All these polymers are characterized by X-ray crystallography and other spectroscopic techniques. The coordination polymers have similar structures, but the positions of the manganese atoms differ. For example, 1c is highly symmetric and a mirror plane exists between each manganese site (2/m). In 1d, the manganese centers are related by an inversion center (−1) whereas in 1e the manganese centers are related by C₁ rotation (1). Reaction of manganese(II) acetate tetrahydrate with 4-chlorobenzoic acid and PyO upon crystallization from methanol/pyridine gave crystals of coordination polymer 1c along with aqua-bis-pyridine bis-4-chlorobenzoato manganese(II) (2). The structure of 2 also determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction has a 1-D hydrogen bonded chain structure. Temperature-dependent zero-field cooled and field-cooled magnetization data of 1a–1c measured at 20 Oe and 1000 Oe show field-dependent magnetization spread over a wide temperature range from 5 to 300 K. These coordination polymers show anti-ferromagnetic behavior below 20 K.

Keywords:

• Coordination polymer
• Manganese
• Pyridine N-oxide
• Carboxylates
• Weak interactions
• Field-dependent magnetization

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India for financial support and SQUID measurements conducted at Tsukuba Magnetic Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Sakura, Japan is greatly acknowledged.