A family
of four M(II)-metal–organic frameworks of general
formula {[M
x
(pvb)2x
]·y(dmf)}
n
(M = Cu, 1; M = Co, 2; M = Ni, 3; M = Mn, 4), based on the bis{4-[2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl]}
benzoic acid (Hpvb) ligand, were obtained. 1 exhibits
a 5-fold interpenetrated lvt framework, 2 and 3 a 7-fold interpenetrating dia framework,
and 4 a 2-fold interpenetrated dmc framework.
Magnetic properties of 1–4 have been
investigated. 1 was analyzed by a Curie–Weiss
model, while 2 and 3 where analyzed by a
zero-field splitting model due to the very long metal–metal
distances, which results in very weak antiferromagnetic interactions.
The coupling pathway in 4 was done by carboxylate bridges
instead of the pvb pathway, affording a short metal–metal separation
that was analyzed by a isotropic Heisenberg spin Hamiltonian for a
linear trinuclear Mn(II) cluster. The different metal coordination
modes and geometries, along with template effects induced by the solvent,
play an important role in the formation of distinctive structural
topologies.