Thiodiacetate-Manganese Chemistry with N ligands: Unique Control of the Supramolecular Arrangement over the Metal Coordination Mode.

International audienceCompounds based on the Mn-tda unit (tda=S(CH(2) COO)(2) (-2) ) and N co-ligands have been analyzed in terms of structural, spectroscopic, magnetic properties and DFT calculations. The precursors [Mn(tda)(H(2) O)](n) (1) and [Mn(tda)(H(2) O)(3) ]⋅H(2) O (2) have been characterized by powder and X-ray diffraction, respectively. Their derivatives with bipyridyl-type ligands have formulas [Mn(tda)(bipy)](n) (3), [{Mn(N-N)}(2) (μ-H(2) O)(μ-tda)(2) ](n) (N-N=4,4'-Me(2) bipy (4), 5,5'-Me(2) bipy, (5)) and [Mn(tda){(MeO)(2) bipy}⋅2 H(2) O](n) (6). Depending on the presence/position of substituents at bipy, the supramolecular arrangement can affect the metal coordination type. While all the complexes consist of 1D coordination polymers, only 3 has a copper-acetate core with local trigonal prismatic metal coordination. The presence of substituents in 4-6, together with water co-ligands, reduces the supramolecular interactions and typical octahedral Mn(II) ions are observed. The unicity of 3 is also supported by magnetic studies and by DFT calculations, which confirm that the unusual Mn coordination is a consequence of extended noncovalent interactions (π-π stacking) between bipy ligands. Moreover, 3 is an example of broken paradigm for supramolecular chemistry. In fact, the desired stereochemical properties are achieved by using rigid metal building blocks, whereas in 3 the accumulation of weak noncovalent interactions controls the metal geometry. Other N co-ligands have also been reacted with 1 to give the compounds [Mn(tda)(phen)](2) ⋅6 H(2) O (7) (phen=1,10-phenanthroline), [Mn(tda)(terpy)](n) (8) (terpy=2,2':6,2''-terpyridine), [Mn(tda)(pyterpy)](n) (9) (pyterpy=4'-(4-pyridyl)-2,2':6,2''-terpyridine), [Mn(tda)(tpt)(H(2) O)]⋅2 H(2) O (10) and [Mn(tda)(tpt)(H(2) O)](2) ⋅2 H(2) O (11) (tpt=2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine). Their identified mono-, bi- or polynuclear structures clearly indicate that hydrogen bonding is variously competitive with π-π stacking