Syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of three 1-D chain metal–nitroxide coordination polymers bridged by e,e-trans-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate

Three new one-dimensional (1-D) chain metal–nitroxide complexes of the formula [M(NIT4Py)2(e,e-trans-1,4-chdc)(H2O)2]n (M = Co(II) 1, Ni(II) 2 and Zn(II) 3; NIT4Py = 2-(4′-pyridyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide and 1,4-chdc = 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate dianion) have been synthesized and characterized structurally as well as magnetically. The X-ray crystal structure analyses of complexes 1, 2 and 3 reveal that they are isostructural. Three complexes all crystallize in neutral 1-D chains where metal–nitroxide units [M(NIT4Py)2(H2O)2] are linked by the linear 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate dianion. The 1,4-chdc completes the segregation and only possesses the e,e-trans-conformation, although there are both cis- and trans-isomers in the raw material. The magnetic measurements show that complexes 1 and 2 both exhibit weak antiferromagnetic interactions between the metal ions and the nitroxides.