A 2D coordination polymer with canted ferromagnetism constructed from ferromagnetic [Ni(II)Co(II)] nodes

A bimetallic coordination polymer, infinity (2)[{LNi (II)Co (II)}(dca) 2], has been constructed from heterobinuclear [Ni (II)Co (II)] nodes and dicyanamido spacers [L (2-) is the dianion of the Schiff base resulting from the 2:1 condensation of 3-methoxysalicyladehyde with 1,3-propanediamine; L (2-) = N, N'-propylenebis(3-methoxysalycilideneiminato)]. The intranode Co (II)-Ni (II) interaction was found to be ferromagnetic because of the orthogonality of the magnetic orbitals. Below 12 K, the onset of the canted ferromagnetic ordering is observed.