. Single-crystal X-ray studies reveal the formation of two-dimensional rhombic grid sheets through the bridging action of the bis(tetrazoly1)borate ligands. Each metal atom is octahedrally coordinated with two tram L ligands and four H2B(CHN4)F nitrogen donors. Two additional, hydrogen-bonded water molecules occupy the rhombic openings in the compounds with M = Mn, Fe, CO, Zn, and Cd. The water of crystallization is held in place through hydrogen bonding from the water ligands and to the nitrogen atoms to give a substructure of parallel kinked water chains. Temperature-variable magnetic measurements show a Curie-Weiss behavior for the paramagnetic complexes with M = Mn, Fe, CO, and Cu.Our research is concerned with modifications of the scorpionate or poly(pyrazoly1)borate ligands 1 and 2[' 1, such that the pyrazolyl rings are replaced by 1,2,4-triazolyl or tetrazolyl rings, for example. The resulting ambidentate poly-triazolyl-and -tetrazolyl-borate anions, e. g. [HB-(C2H2N&]-(3)[2-41 and [H,B(CHN4),]-(4)r51 with their multiple bonding centers give rise to an interesting coordination chemistry and supramolecular architecture in the solid state with the formation of incorporated two-dimensional water layerd61 and linkage isomerism [7] for 3 and the formation of two-dimensional rhombic grid sheets for 4L61. The controlled synthesis of two-and three-dimensional inorganic materials with inner cavities for the catalysis of organic reactions[*] or with collective magnetic phenomena for the design of molecular based ferromagnet~[~] is receiving an increased attention"O1.In this paper we report on the synthesis of two-dimensional coordination polymers from 4 with manganese(II), iron(II), cobalt(II), copper(II), zinc(II), and cadmium(I1) cations, their magnetic porperties and the results of single crystal X-ray studies.
Syntheses and Properties of ([M(HzO)2{rc-H2B(CHN,)z)tj2 H,O}, for M = Mn (5), Fe (6), CO (7), Zn (9), and Cd (lo), and of {Cu(NH3)Z{ZL-H2B(CHN4)2}2}, (8) The dihydrobis(tetrazoly1)borate anion 4 in the form of its potassium salt (11) reacts with manganese(II), cobalt(II), and cadmium(I1) chloride, iron(I1) sulfate, as well as with zinc(I1) acetate in water to form the diaquabis[pdihydrobis-(tetrazolyl)borate]metal(II) complexes 5-7, 9, 10 (eq. 1). Upon slow diffusion of solutions of the reactants the iron, cobalt, zinc and cadmium complexes together with water of crystallization are obtained as colorless (6, 9, 10) and orange (7) crystals directly from the reaction mixture in 35-57% crystal yield. The analogous manganese compound (5) is formed when the water is allowed to slowly evaporate at room temperature at normal pressure. From the resulting crystal mixture, the colorless crystals of 5 are obtained in analytically pure form upon washing with water to remove the cocrystallized unreacted starting material and potassium chloride.