Two new nickel(II) trans-monodimensional
end-to-end azide-bridged complexes were synthesized and
characterized:
[Ni(1,3-diamino-2,2-dimethylpropane)2(μ-N3)]
n
(PF6)
n
(1) and
[Ni(1,3-diaminopropane)2(μ-N3)]
n
(PF6)
n
(2).
The crystal structures of 1 and 2 were
solved. Complex 1 crystallizes in the orthorhombic
system, space group
Pnmn with a = 18.046(6) Å, b
= 8.7050(12) Å, c = 6.139(2) Å, and
Z = 2. Complex 2 crystallizes in
the
orthorhombic system, space group Pnmn with a =
15.186(3) Å, b =8.808(2) Å, c =
5.983(2) Å, and Z = 2. In
the two complexes, the chains run along the c axis and the
nickel atoms are situated in similar distorted octahedral
environments. The two complexes are very similar and may be
described as one-dimensional systems with the
azido bridging ligands in the trans position. The
magnetic properties of the two compounds were studied by
susceptibility measurements vs temperature.
1 and 2 show a discontinuity at 235 and 230
K, respectively, which
may be attributed to a phase transition at these relatively high
temperatures. The χM
vs T plot for
1 and 2 show
the typical shape for antiferromagnetically coupled nickel(II)
one-dimensional complexes with a maximum near
35 (1) and 100 K (2), respectively. From the
spin Hamiltonian
−JΣS
i
S
j
,
J values for 1 and 2 were −41.1
and
−70.6 cm-1 in the high-temperature zone and
−19.4 and −55.8 cm-1 for the
low-temperature range. This
difference in magnetic behavior may be explained in terms of the phase
transition, which changes the crystal
parameters a and b, as has been shown from powder
diffraction data. This transition changes the dihedral
Ni−NNN−Ni angles (0° at room temperature) and should thus decrease the
antiferromagnetic coupling, as is
experimentally observed.