Transition metal azolates from metallocenes. Part 3: Polymeric manganese(II) and nickel(II) pyrazolates; synthesis, characterization, and magnetochemistry
Direct reactions of nickelocene and manganocene with molten pyrazoles in an inert atmosphere or under vacuum have led to the isolation of the following metal pyrazolate compounds: [Ni(4-Xpz)2]x (where X = H, Cl and pz = pyrazolate); [M(4-Xdmpz)2]x (where X = H, CH3, Cl, Br and M = Ni, Mn anddmpz = 3,5-dimethylpyazolate); and [Mn(4-Xpz)2(4-XpzH)]x (where X = Cl, Br and pzH = pyrazole). On the basis of indirect evidence all compounds are considered to have extended chain structures with metal ions linked in chains by double bridging pyrazolates. The two [Ni(4-Xpz)2]x compounds are diamagnetic while all others are paramagnetic. Variable temperature magnetic susceptibility studies on the paramagnetic compounds reveal antiferromagnetic coupling between neighbouring metal ions. Analysis of the magnetic data (Hamiltonian of the form H = -2J sum Si·Sj) yields values of the exchange coupling constant J of -14 to -17 cm -1for the [Ni(4-Xdmpz)2]x compounds, -1.2 to -2.1 cm-1 for the [Mn(4-Xdmpz)2]x compounds, and -0.41 cm-1 for the [Mn(4-Xpz)2(4-XpzH)]x compounds.Key words: nickel, manganese, manganocene, nickelocene, pyrazolates, antiferromagnetic exchange.