The Importance of a β–β Bond for Long-Range Antiferromagnetic Coupling in Directly Linked Copper(II) and Silver(II) Diporphyrins†
This work was partly supported by Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (no. 15350022 and 21st Century COE on Kyoto University Alliance for Chemistry) and by the International Innovation Center of Kyoto University.
Graphical Abstract
Interaction over a distance: Long-range antiferromagnetic interactions between distant copper(II) and silver(II) ions are observed only for triply and singly linked diporphyrins with at least one β–β bond, which underscores the critical importance of this direct bond for antiferromagnetic coupling. These results can be qualitatively accounted for in terms of the spin distribution of copper(II) and silver(II) porphyrins (see picture).