A Tetrameric Nickel(II) “Chair” with both Antiferromagnetic Internal Coupling and Ferromagnetic Spin Alignment

Structural, magnetic and related attributes of some oximate-bridged tetranuclear nickel(ii) rhombs and a dinuclear congenerElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: mass spectra, χT vs. T, response of magnetic properties, low-lying spin levels and UV-VIS data. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/dt/b3/b300539a/

New oximate-bridged tetranuclear nickel(II) complexes of compositions {Ni(Dien)}2(μ3-OH)2{Ni2(Moda)4}(ClO4)2·Solv (Solv = H2O, 1a; Solv = 2CH3NO2, 1b; Solv = 2H2O·2C4H8O2, 1c), {Ni(Sdien)}2(μ3-OH)2{Ni2(Moda)4}(ClO4)2·H2O (2), {Ni(Odien)}2(μ3-OH)2{Ni2(Moda)4}(ClO4)2·0.6H2O (3), {Ni(Dien)}2(μ3-OH)2{Ni2(Inaf)4}(ClO4)2·CH3NO2 (4) and {Ni(Odien)}2(μ3-OH)2{Ni2(Inaf)4}(ClO4)2·2NaClO4·2H2O (5) and the dinuclear complex (Ni{Odien})2(Moda)2(ClO4)2 (6) have been prepared (Dien = 1,5-diamino-3-azapentane, Odien = 1,5-diamino-3-oxapentane, Sdien = 1,5-diamino-3-thiapentane, ModaH = butane-2,3-dione monooxime, InafH = phenylglyoxaldoxime). X-ray examination revealed similar structures for 1a, 1b, 1c, 2 a…