Influence of pseudohalide ligands on the structural versatility and properties of novel ternary metal complexes with 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine

Eight new multidimensional metal(II) complexes [Zn(tp)(2)(NCS)(2)] (1), [Ni(tp)(2)(H2O)(2)(mu-tp)(2)Ni(NCS)(4)](n) (2), [Co(tp)(2)(H2O)(2)(mu-tp)(2)Co(NCS)(4)](n) (3), [Cd(tp)(2)(NCS)(2)](n) (4), [Mn(tp)(2)(NCS)(2)(H2O)(2)] (5), [Zn(tp)(2)(NCO)(2)] (6), [Cd(tp)(NCO)(2)](n) (7) and [Cd(tp)(N-3)(2)](n) (8) have been synthesized by conventional reactions of the 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a] pyrimidine with metallic(II) salts in the presence of thiocyanate, cyanate and azide as auxiliary ligands. X-Ray diffraction studies on these compounds show that species 1, 5 and 6 are mononuclear units in which zinc and manganese have tetrahedral and octahedral coordination geometry, respectively. Complexes 2 and 3 are isostructural and consist of neutral chains with triazolopyrimidine bridging ligands through N1, N3 nitrogen atoms. Compound 4 exhibits a 2D rectangular-grid-like structure and complexes 7 and 8 are cyanate-bridged chains formed by defective cubanes. Magnetic and luminescent properties of these materials have also been studied.