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Cu(HCO2)2(pym) (pym = pryimidine): Low-dimensional Magnetic Behavior and Long-range Ordering in a Quantum-spin Lattice

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic048723x· OSTI ID:1003363
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  1. ORNL
  2. University of Oxford
  3. ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  4. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
  5. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
  6. University of Texas
We synthesized and structurally and magnetically characterized the novel 3D coordination polymer Cu(HCO{sub 2}){sub 2}(pym) (pym = pyrimidine). The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with a = 14.4639(8) {angstrom}, b = 7.7209(4) {angstrom}, c = 8.5172(5) {angstrom}, {beta} = 126.076(2){sup o}, and V = 768.76(7) {angstrom}{sup 3}. In the structure buckled layers of Cu(HCO{sub 2}){sub 2} are interconnected by pym ligands to afford 1D Cu-pym-Cu chains. Bulk magnetic susceptibility measurements show a broad maximum at 25 K that is indicative of short-range magnetic ordering. Between 12 and 300 K a least-squares fit of the {chi}(T) data to a mean-field-corrected antiferromagnetic chain model yielded excellent agreement for g = 2.224(3), J/k{sub B} = -26.9(2) K, and zJ/k{sub B} = -1.1(3) K. Below {approx}3 K a transition to long-range magnetic ordering is observed, as suggested by a sharp and sudden decrease in {chi}(T). This result is corroborated by muon spin relaxation measurements that show oscillations in the muon asymmetry below T{sub N} = 2.802(1) K and rapidly fluctuating moments above T{sub N}.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); High Flux Isotope Reactor
Sponsoring Organization:
SC USDOE - Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1003363
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry, Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 44; ISSN 0020-1669; ISSN 1520-510X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English