The magnetism and coordination chemistry of mononuclear and polynuclear complexes of copper(II) and other first row transition metal ions derived from open-chain diazine (N-N) ligands

This thesis describes the structures and the magnetic properties of the first row transition metal complexes containing open-chain diazine (N-N) moieties. The purpose of the research is to establish a magnetostructural correlation involving the N-N single bond bridge and to investigate the coordination chemistry of open-chain diazine ligands to the first row transition metal ions.;The X-ray structures of one ligand and twelve dinuclear copper(II) complexes were determined. Changing the ligands, together with varying the coligands leads to a situation where the dihedral angle between the copper planes can be varied from 75° to 168.5°. For small angles (less than 80°) ferromagnetic coupling prevails, whereas at larger angles antiferromagnetic exchange is observed between the copper(II) centers. The exchange integrals (-2J) vary from -24.4 to 210 cm-1. This is associated with the degree of alignment of the nitrogen p orbitals in the diazine bridge, and is supported by molecular orbital calculations on the complexes and appropriate models. Chapter 3 deals mainly with dinuclear copper(II) complexes containing two ligands bridging two metal centers. The strong antiferromagnetic coupling (-2J = 246 cm-1) occurs only through the mu2-1,1-azide bridges between each pair of copper(II) centers, giving the first genuine example contradicting the spin polarization mechanism associated with azide bridges. In Chapter 4, a series of spiral-like dinuclear complexes of Mn(II), Fe(II), Fe(III), Co(II), Co(III) and Ni(II) ions containing three N-N single bonds with a formula [L3M2].(X)n.mH2O (L = PAHAP, PZBPZ; X = C1O 4 or NO3; n = 4, 6) and a seven-coordinate Fe(III) complex are discussed. Chapter 5 discusses the synthesis, structural and magnetic properties of some mononuclear and polynuclear first row transition metal complexes of the open-chain diazine ligands. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).