Hexahalorhenate(iv) salts of protonated ciprofloxacin: antibiotic-based single-ion magnets

Two novel Re(IV) compounds of formula [H2cip][Hcip][ReCl6]Cl·H2O (1) and [Hcip]2[ReBr6] (2) [(H2cip)2+/(Hcip)+ = ciprofloxacindiium cation / ciprofloxacinium cation] have been synthesized and studied structurally and magnetically. 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic system with space group P21/c, whereas 2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic system with space group Pbca. 1 and 2 are hexahalorhenate(IV) salts obtained with the protonated ciprofloxacin antibiotic. In their crystal lattice, the [ReX6]2− [X = Cl(1) and Br(2)] anions are well separated from each other through the protonated ciprofloxacindiium (1) and ciprofloxacinium (1 and 2) cations, which are arranged without generating intermolecu…