A
new transition metal-antimony oxo-cluster based compound has been synthesized in water under room temperature. Its formula is Na
6[Cu
6MnSb
6(
μ3-OH)
2(OH)(
μ4-O)
6(tartrate)
6]·20H
2O
(
1), where tartrate represents
rac-tartaric
acid. It was characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectrum and X-ray
single-crystal diffraction. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system,
space group
P2
1/
n. Structural analyses revealed that two
Sb
3(
μ3-O)(tartrate)
3 scaffolds sandwich
a Cu
II6Mn
III middle layer to form the cluster.
In the middle layer, all the seven
metal ions lie in an almost regular hexagon, with Mn
III ion in the
center and six Cu
II ions along the edges of the hexagon. As a
4-connected node, each cluster is interlinked to its nearest four {Cu
6Mn}
neighbors through Na
+, generating a 3
D supramolecular
framework. The temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibilities indicated dominating
antiferromagnetic interactions in
1 with
JCu–Cu = 176.34
and
JCu–Mn = –14.44 cm
−1.