Abstract
The trinuclear cyanide-bridged heterometallic Pd(II)–Mn(III) complexes {[Mn(L1)(H2O)]2[Pd(CN)4]} and {[Mn(L2)(H2O)]2[Pd(CN)4]}·2H2O (L1 = N,N‘-1,2-propylene-bis(3-methoxysalicylideneiminate; L2 = N,N′-1,2-propylene-bis(3-ethoxysalicylideneiminate) were obtained and structurally and magnetically characterised. X-ray diffraction revealed their cyanide-bridged trinuclear core nature with a conformational difference. The magnetic susceptibilities of the two complexes revealed overall weak antiferromagnetic interactions between the adjacent Mn(III) ions.
