Three
dinuclear cyanide-bridged complexes [Fe
II(PY
5OMe
2)CNM
II(PY
5OMe
2)](OTf)
3 (M = Fe
1, M = Co
2, M = Mn
3)
(PY
5OMe
2 = 2,6-bis-((2-pyridyl)methoxymethane)pyridine OTf
= CF
3SO
3-) have
been synthesized and characterized. Single-crystal diffraction analyses show
these three dinuclear compounds are very similar in structure. The measured
ν(CN) results for compounds
1~
3 suggest that Mn
2+ is electron-poorer than Fe
2+ and Co
2+. Meanwhile, the
temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibilities of complexes
1~
3 reveals that in these three complexes, all the cyanide-carbon coordinated Fe(II) is low-spin, and Co(II) for
2 and
Mn(II) for
3 are both in a high-spin
state through 2~400 K but the cyanide-nitrogen
coordinated Fe(II) for complex
1 exhibits spin crossover (SCO) behavior over 300 K and a hysteresis of 36 K in both cooling and heating modes.