Design of single cyanide-bridged tetranuclear bimetallic rectangles exhibiting ferromagnetic coupling

Abstract The cyanide-bridged tetranuclear bimetallic rectangles ( XPh 4 ) 4 [ Fe 2 III Cu 2 II ( μ - CN ) 4 ( CN ) 8 ( L ) 2 ] · n H 2 O [X = P (1) and As (2); L = bpcam (1) and bpca (2); n = 4 (1) and 0 (2)] have been prepared and their crystal structures were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction; 1 exhibits intramolecular ferromagnetic interactions (J1 = +3.7 cm−1 and J2 = +7.0 cm−1, H = - J 1 [ S Fe ( 1 ) · S Cu ( 1 ) + S Fe ( 1 a ) · S Cu ( 1 a ) ] − J 2 [ S Fe ( 1 ) · S Cu ( 1 a ) + S Fe ( 1 a ) · S Cu ( 1 ) ] + D [ S Fe ( 1 ) z 2 + S Fe ( 1 a ) z 2 ] ) leading to a low-lying S = 2 spin state.