Two new mi-oxamido-bridged copper(II)-chromium(III) heterotetranuclear complexes formulated as [Cu3 (dmoxae)3Cr](ClO4 )3 (1) and [Cu3(dmoxpn)3Cr](ClO4)3 (2), where dmoxae and dmoxpn represent N,N'-bis[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]oxamido and N,N'-bis[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]oxamido dianions, respectively, have been synthesized and characterized by the elemental analyses, spectroscopic (IR, UV, ESR) studies, magnetic moments (at room-temperature) and by molar conductivity measurements. It is proposed that these complexes have oxamido-bridged structures consisting of three copper( II) ions and a chromium(III) ion, in which the chromium(III) ion has an octahedral environment and the three copper(II) ions have a square-planar environment. The two heterotetranuclear complexes were further characterized by variable-temperature magnetization (3~300 K) measurements and the magnetic data have been used to deduce the indicated heterotetranuclear structure. The results derived from least-squares fit of the experimental data have confirmed that the operation of a ferromagnetic interaction between the adjacent copper(II) and chromium(III) ions occurs through the oxamidobridge within each molecule. On the basis of the spin Hamiltonian operator, H= - 2J(S cu . S cr + S cu2 . S cr + S cu2 . S cr ), the magnetic analyses were carried out for the two copper(II)-chromium(III) heterotetranuclear complexes and the spin-coupling constants (J)were evaluated as +9.28 cm-1 for (1) and+9.63 cm-1 for (2). The influence of the symmetry of the magnetic orbitals on the nature of the magnetic interaction between the paramagnetic centers is preliminary discussed.
Three novel copper(II) binuclear complexes with phthalate dianion as bridging ligand have been obtained, namely [Cu2(phth)(L)4](ClO4)2, where phth denotes the phthalate dianion and L represents 1,10-phenanthroline (abbreviated as phen), 2,2_-bipyridine (bpy) or 4,4_-dimethyl-2,2_-bipyridine (Me2bpy). Meanwhile, the IR, electronic spectra, ESR spectra and the temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility of the three complexes were analyzed. The results of the magnetic analyses show a weak ferromagnetic coupling between the paramagnetic ions in all complexes studied.