Construction of a magnetic chiral coordination polymer based on a semi-rigid carboxylic acid

A 2-D chiral entangled coordination polymer, {Mn₃(2,2′-bpy)₂(3-cpta)₂·H₂O}_n (1) (3-H₃cpta=3-(3′-carboxyphenoxy)phthalic acid, 2,2′-bpy=2,2′-bipyridine), has been synthesized via the solvothermal method. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that 1 consists of one right-handed helical chain and one wavelike 2-D plane, which are connected with each other through hydrogen bonds and π···π interactions to generate a 3-D supra-molecule. Thermal gravimetric analysis shows that 1 possesses good thermal stability. Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibilities have also been measured from 1.8 to 300 K, which shows 1 to be anti-ferromagnetic.