Synthesis,crystal structure and ferro-magnetic interaction of a binuclear copper(II) complex with the 1,4-dinitro-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylatobenzenic anion as bridging ligand

A binuclear complex [Cu₂(DTB)(DMF)₄(H₂O)]·2DMF (DTB = 1,4-dinitro-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylatobenzenic anion; DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide) has been synthesized and its crystal structure determined by X-ray crystallography. In the complex Cu ion is located in a distorted square pyramidal environment with two oxygen atoms O(1) and O(3) from two carboxylate groups, another two oxygen atoms O(7) and O(8) from terminal ligands of two DMF molecules, and a fifth coordinated oxygen atom O(9) from the terminal ligand of one H₂O molecule, in which the O(8) atom is situated in the apex of the pyramid. DTB as bridging ligand coordinates two Cu ions through its four carboxylate groups. The variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility of the complex was measured in the 5–300 K range. The magnetic coupling parameter is consistent with a ferromagnetic exchange between the two copper(II) centers and the data fit a binuclear magnetic exchange model based on the Hamiltonian operator ( = -2J₁₂, ₁ = ₂= 1/2), giving the ferromagnetic coupling parameter of 2J = 1.80 cm^{- 1}. This is the first example of a tetracarboxylatobenzenic bridging complex exhibiting ferromagnetic interaction.