JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE-THEOCHEM, cilt.680, sa.1-3, ss.159-164, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
A magnetostructural classification of dimmers, containing the Cu (mu-alkoxo) Cu core, based on data obtained from X-ray diffraction analysis reported in the literature has been performed. In these complexes, the local geometry around the copper ions is generally a square planar and each copper ion is surrounded by one N atom and three O atoms. The influence of the overlap interactions between the bridging ligands and the metal (Cu) d orbitals on the super-exchange coupling constant has been studied by means of ab initio Restricted Hatree-Fock molecular orbital calculations. The interaction between the magnetic d orbitals and highest occupied molecular orbitals of the acetate oxygens has been investigated in homologous mu-acetato-bridged dicopper(II) complexes which have significantly different -2J values (the energy separation between the spin-triplet and spin-singlet states). In order to determine the nature of the fronter orbitals, Extended Huckel molecular Orbital calculations are also reported. Ab initio restricted Hartree-Fock calculations have shown that the acetato bridge and the alkoxide bridge contribute to the magnetic interaction countercomplementarily to reduce antiferromagnetic interaction. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.