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International audience; The combined use of the anion of phenyl(2-pyridyl)ketone oxime (ppko(-)) and azides (N-3(-)) in nickel(II) carboxylate chemistry has afforded two new Ni-5(II) clusters, [Ni-5(O2CR')(2)(N-3)(4)(ppko)(4)(MeOH)(4)] [R' = H (1), Me (2)]. The structurally unprecedented {Ni-5(mu-N-3)(2)(mu(3)-N-3)(2)}(6+) cores of the two clusters are almost identical and contain the five Ni-II atoms in a bowtie topology. Two N-3(-) ions are end-on doubly bridging and the other two ions end-on triply bridging. The end-on mu(3)-N-3(-) groups link the central Ni-II atoms with the two peripheral metal ions on either side of the molecule, while the Ni center dot center dot center dot Ni bases of the triangles are each bridged by one end-on mu-N-3(-) group. Variable-temperature, solid-state direct(dc) and alternating-current (ac) magnetic susceptibility, and magnetization studies at 2.0 K were carried out on both complexes. The data indicate an overall ferromagnetic behavior and an S = 5 ground state for both compounds. The ac susceptibility studies on 1 reveal nonzero, frequency-dependent out-of-phase (chi(M)'') signals at temperatures below similar to 3:5 K; complex 2 reveals no chi(M)'' signals. However, single-crystal magnetization versus dc field scans at variable temperatures and variable sweep rates down to 0.04 K on 1 reveal no noticeable hysteresis loops, except very minor ones at 0.04 K assignable to weak intermolecular interactions propagated by nonclassical hydrogen bonds.

The employment of the anion of methyl 2-pyridyl ketone oxime (mpko(-)) as a tridentate chelating/bridging ligand in manganese chemistry is described. The inorganic anion (Br(-), ClO(4)(-)) used in the reaction affects the identity of the product. The reaction of MnBr(2) and one equivalent of mpkoH in the presence of a base affords [Mn(3)(OMe)(2)(mpko)(4)Br(2)] (3), which is mixed-valence (2Mn(II), Mn(IV)). The central Mn(IV) atom in each of the two, crystallographically independent, centrosymmetric molecules is coordinated by four oximate oxygen atoms belonging to the eta(1):eta(1):eta(1):mu mpko(-) ligands, and two eta(1):mu MeO(-) groups, while six coordination at each terminal Mn(II) atom is completed by four nitrogen atoms belonging to the 'chelating' part of two mpko(-) ligands, and one Br(-) ion. The Mn(II) atoms have trigonal prismatic coordination geometry. The reaction of Mn(ClO(4))(2).6H(2)O, mpkoH and OH(-) (1:2:1) in MeOH gives [Mn(8)O(4)(OMe)(mpko)(9)(mpkoH)](ClO(4))(4) (4), which is also mixed-valence (2Mn(II), 6Mn(III)) and possesses the novel [Mn(8)(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu-OMe)(mu-OR'')(2)](11+) core. The latter possesses a U-shaped sequence of four fused {Mn(II)Mn(III)(2)(mu(3)-O)}(6+) triangular units, with a Mn(III)-Mn(III) edge being shared between the central triangles. Variable-temperature, solid-state dc and ac magnetic susceptibility studies were carried out on complexes 3 and 4 . The dc susceptibility data for 3 in the 5.0-300 K range have been fit to a model with two J values, revealing weak ferromagnetic Mn(II)Mn(IV) (J = +3.4 cm(-1)) and Mn(II)Mn(II) (J' = +0.3 cm(-1)) exchange interactions. Fitting of the magnetization vs. H/T data by matrix diagonalization and including only axial anisotropy (ZFS, D) gave ground state spin (S) and D values of S = 13/2, D = +0.17 cm(-1) for and S = 3, D = -0.09 cm(-1) for 4 . The combined work demonstrates the usefulness of mpko(-) in the preparation of interesting Mn clusters, without requiring the co-presence of carboxylate ligands.