Cyanato bridged binuclear nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes with pyridylpyrazole ligand: Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties

Binuclear cyanate bridged nickel(II) complex [Ni(L)(NCO)]2(PF6)2 (1) and copper(II) complex [Cu(L)(NCO)]2(PF6)2 (2), where L is N,N-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)aminomethylpyridine, a tetradentate N4-coordinated ligand have been synthesized and characterized by physicochemical method. The structures of complexes 1 and 2 have been studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The structure analysis reveals that both nickel(II) and copper(II) center are coordinated in distorted octahedral fashion and coordination mode of cyanate ligand is end-to-end (μ-1,3) for complex 1 but it is double end-on (μ-1,1) mode for complex 2. The variable temperature magnetic susceptibility data, measured from 2 to 300 K, show weak antiferromagnetic interaction with J value −6.2(1) cm−1 for complex 1, whereas complex 2 has very weak ferromagnetic interaction with J value +0.5(1) cm−1.