Coordination polymers containing manganese(II)-azido layers connected by dipyridyl-tetrazine and 4,4'-azobis(pyridine) linkers.

Two new polynuclear manganese(II) complexes Mn(dptz)(N(3))(2) (1) and Mn(azpy)(N(3))(2) (2) (where dptz = dipyridyl-tetrazine and azpy = 4,4'-azobis(pyridine)) have been synthesized by self-assembly of the ligand azide, together with dptz and azpy as secondary spacers. The compounds are characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses and variable-temperature magnetic measurements. The structural analyses reveal that in complex 1, which is the first reported Mn(II) complex with the ligand dptz, two μ(1,3) bridging azides connect neighboring manganese ions in a zigzag manner to generate a neutral two-dimensional (2D) sheet which is further connected by the dptz ligands to form a three-dimensional (3D) framework. By contrast, complex 2 contains dimeric Mn(2)(μ(1,1)-N(3))(2) fragments linked to four identical motifs by means of four single μ(1,3)-N(3) bridges, that generates a neutral 2D Mn(II)-azide sheet which is further interconnected by azpy ligands to neighboring manganese ions forming an unprecedented 3D network. Variable-temperature (2-300 K) magnetic susceptibility measurements show the presence of predominantly antiferromagnetic coupling for both complexes that has been reproduced with a regular antiferromagnetic S = 5/2 chain (J) with interchain interactions (j) modeled with the molecular field approximation with J = -7.1 cm(-1) and j' = -0.8 cm(-1) for 1 and J = -4.2 cm(-1) and j' = 0.1 cm(-1) for 2.