RT Journal Article T1 Magnetostructural Studies on Zigzag One-Dimensional Coordination Polymers Formed by Tetraamidatodiruthenium(II,III) Paddlewheel Units Bridged by SCN Ligands A1 Moreno da Silva, Sara A1 Delgado Martínez, Patricia A1 Cortijo Montes, Miguel A1 González Prieto, Rodrigo A1 Priego Bermejo, José Luis A1 Herrero Domínguez, Santiago A1 Jiménez Aparicio, Reyes AB We report herein on three zigzag one-dimensional coordination polymers of {[Ru2(μ-NHOCR)4](μ-SCN)}n (R = o-Me-C6H4 (2), m-Me-C6H4 (3), p-Me-C6H4 (4)) formula. These new compounds have been obtained by reaction of the corresponding [Ru2(μ-NHOR)4(THF)2](BF4) complex with (NBu4)(SCN) under different synthetic conditions. The crystal structure of [Ru2(μ-NHOCC6H4-o-Me)4(THF)2](BF4) (1), 2 and 3 are presented. A cis-(2,2) arrangement of the amidate ligands of the [Ru2(μ-NHOCR)4]+ units is observed in all cases. Interestingly, the structures of 2 and 3 show linkage isomerism in alternated tetraamidatodiruthenium units whose axial positions are occupied by the same type of donor atom of the SCN ligands. This results in zigzag chains with a Ru-S-C angle of 98.97° and Ru-N-C angle of 169.36° in the case of 2 and 97.99° and 159.26°, respectively, in the case of 3. The magnetic data obtained for 2–4 are indicative of a σ2π4δ2(π*δ*)3 ground state (S = 3/2) and a large zero-field splitting (ZFS) in all cases (D = 54.57, 62.72 and 43.00 cm−1 for 2–4, respectively). Similar small antiferromagnetic interactions between diruthenium units (zJ = −0.93, −0.79 and −1.11 cm−1 for 2–4, respectively) are estimated for all the polymers, suggesting an analogous zigzag arrangement of the chains for 4. PB MDPI SN 2312-7481 YR 2019 FD 2019-07-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12610 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12610 LA eng NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER NO Comunidad de Madrid DS Docta Complutense RD 5 abr 2025