Theoretical study on magneto-structural correlation of trinuclear copper (II) complex with the hydroxo bridge and bidentate syn-syn carboxylate group
Theoretical study on magneto-structural correlation of trinuclear copper （II） complex with the hydroxo bridge and bidentate syn-syn carboxylate group

The theoretical study on magneto- structural correlation in linear trinuclear Cu (II) com- plex bridged by hydroxo group and bidentate formato group has been performed using the broken symme- try approach with the framework of density functional theory (DFT-BS). The magnetic coupling constant for the model complex is 70.97 cm?1, comparable with the experimentally measured J value (77 cm?1). The calculated results show that the magnetic coupling interaction firstly slightly increases with the changes of the coordination environment around the terminal Cu atoms from a distorted square pyramid to a trigonal bi-pyramid, and decreases subsequently. In the course of changes, the sign of J value shifts from positive to negative. The magnetic coupling interac- tion is sensitive to coordination environment of the terminal Cu. The calculated results also reveal that the ferromagnetic coupling arises from the counter- complementarity of the hydroxo and formato bridges. Molecular orbital analysis validates the conclusion.