Alternating Ferro‐ and Antiferromagnetic Interactions in Honeycomb‐Like Layers of an Azidomanganese(<scp>II</scp>) Compound

Abstract

Manganese( II ) nitrate, sodium azide, and 2,2′‐bipyrimidine (bpym) react to give 1 in which the azido groups function as end‐on bridging ligands and the bpym as a bis(bidentate) ligand. The structure of 1 can be described as a honeycomb sheet formed by Mn 6 hexagons. Magnetic susceptibility data reveals the existence of ferro‐ and antiferromagnetic interactions that are mediated by the azido ligands and the bpym ligands, respectively. equation image