Syntheses and magnetic properties of hexanuclear [Cp<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>3</sub>(L<sub>1</sub>)<sub>4</sub>]<sub>2</sub>and octanuclear [Mn<sub>8</sub>(L<sub>2</sub>)<sub>12</sub>(μ<sub>4</sub>-O)<sub>2</sub>] (L<sub>1</sub>= 2-HNC<sub>5</sub>H<sub>5</sub>N, L<sub>2</sub>= 2-NH-3-Br-5-MeC<sub>5</sub>H<sub>3</sub>N, Cp = C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)

C.S. Alvarez, Andrew D. Bond, D. Cave, Marta E. G. Mosquera, E.A. Harron, Richard A. Layfield, Mary McPartlin, Jeremy M. Rawson, Paul T. Wood, Dominic S. Wright

Chemical Communications · 2002 · 35 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

The reactions of manganocene, Cp2Mn, with 2-aminopyridine (L1H) or 2-amino-3-bromo-5-methylpyridine (L2H) give the novel hexanuclear and octanuclear Mn(II) amido cage compounds [Cp2Mn3(L1)4]2 (1) and [Mn8(L2)12(mu 4-O)2] (2); magnetic measurements on which provide a rare insight into the magnetic properties of amido-bridged metal clusters.

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