An original example
of
modular
crystal engineering
involving molecular magnetic {Cu
II
[W
V
(CN)
8
]}
−
bilayers and adeninium cations (AdeH
+
) toward the new layered molecular magnet (AdeH){Cu
II
[W
V
(CN)
8
]}·2H
2
O (
1
) is presented.
1
crystallizes within the monoclinic
C
2 space group (
a
= 41.3174(12),
b
= 7.0727(3),
c
= 7.3180(2) Å, β
= 93.119(3)°, and
V
= 2135 Å
3
). The bilayer topology is based on a stereochemical matching between
the square pyramidal shape of Cu
II
moiety and the bicapped
trigonal prismatic shape of [W
V
(μ-CN)
5
(CN)
3
], and the separation between bilayers is significantly
increased (by ∼50%; from ca. 9.5 to ca. 14.5 Å) compared
to several former analogues in this family. This was achieved via
a unique combination of (i) a 1D ribbonlike hydrogen bond system {AdeH
+
···H
2
O···AdeH
+
···}
∞
exploiting planar water-assisted
Hoogsteen···Sugar synthons with (ii) parallel 1D π–π
stacks {AdeH
+
···AdeH
+
}
∞
. In-plane 2D
XY
magnetism is characterized by a
T
c
close to 33 K,
H
c,in-plane
= 60 Oe, and
H
c,out-of-plane
= 750 Oe, high values of in-plane γ critical exponents (γ
b
= 2.34(6) for
H
||
b
and
γ
c
= 2.16(5) for
H
||
c
), and a Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless (BKT) topological
phase transition, deduced from crystal-orientation-dependent scaling
analysis. The obtained values of in-plane ν critical exponents,
ν
b
= 0.48(5) for
H
||
b
and ν
c
= 0.49(3)
for
H
||
c
, confirm the BKT transition
(ν
BKT
= 0.5). Full-range angle-resolved monocrystalline
magnetic measurements supported by dedicated calculations indicated
the occurrence of nonlinear susceptibility performance within the
easy plane in a magnetically ordered state. We refer the occurrence
of this phenomenon to spontaneous resolution in the
C
2 space group, a tandem not observed in studies on previous analogues
and rarely reported in the field of molecular materials. The above
magneto-supramolecular st...