Synthesis and magnetic properties of 3-D [Ru(II/III)(2)(O(2)CMe)(4)](3)[M(III)(CN)(6)] (M = Cr,Fe, Co)

Three-dimensional network structures of Ru(II/III)(2)(O(2)CMe)(4)](3)M(III)(CN)(6)] (M = Cr, Fe, Co) composition have been formed and their magnetic properties characterized. Ru(II/III)(2)(O(2)CMe)(4)](3)M(III)(CN)(6)] (M = Cr, Fe, Co) have nu(CN) IR absorptions at 2138, 2116, and 2125 cm(-1) and have body-centered unit cells (a = 13.34, 13.30, and 13.10 A, respectively) with -M-Ctbd1;N-Ru=Ru-Ntbd1;C-M- linkages along all three Cartesian axes. Ru(II/III)(2)(O(2)CMe)(4)](3)Cr(III)(CN)(6)] magnetically orders as a ferrimagnet (T(c) = 33 K) and has an unusual constricted hysteresis loop.