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A new linear double phenoxide-bridged trinuclear Cu(II) Schiff base complex: Synthesis, crystallographic elucidation, magneto-structural correlation and DFT Study

Samiran MitraChirantan Roy ChoudhuryCarlos J. Gómez-garcíaAshok SasmalSandeepta SahaEugenio Garribba

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Schiff baseChemistrychemistry.chemical_elementMagnetic susceptibilityCopperSquare pyramidal molecular geometrylaw.inventionInorganic ChemistryCrystallographychemistry.chemical_compoundSalicylaldehydelawMaterials ChemistryAntiferromagnetismPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryElectron paramagnetic resonanceSingle crystal

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Abstract The tetradentate (ONNO) donor Schiff base ligand LH2, derived from the condensation of salicylaldehyde and 1,3-diaminopropane, has been synthesized and reacted with CuBr2 to yield a trinuclear complex with the molecular formula [Cu3L2Br2]. Single crystal X-ray diffraction study reveals that the two terminal copper atoms adopt a square pyramidal geometry, whereas the central copper atom, situated at the inversion centre, is surrounded by four phenoxide oxygen atoms in a square planar fashion. Variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurement study shows strong antiferromagnetic intra-trimer interactions between the copper centers with a J value of −302 cm−1. EPR study of the complex depicts that, due to the exchange coupling between the copper ions, the EPR spectra were unresolved, having very broad resonances with g = 2.133. A theoretical DFT calculation was also carried out to supplement the experimental results.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2013.12.006