Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of 3-D [RuII/III2(O2CMe)4]3[MIII(CN)6] (M = Cr, Fe, Co)

Abstract
Three-dimensional network structures of [RuII/III2(O2CMe)4]3[MIII(CN)6] (M = Cr, Fe, Co) composition have been formed and their magnetic properties characterized. [RuII/III2(O2CMe)4]3[MIII(CN)6] (M = Cr, Fe, Co) have νCN IR absorptions at 2138, 2116, and 2125 cm-1 and have body-centered unit cells (a = 13.34, 13.30, and 13.10 Å, respectively) with MC⋮NRuRuN⋮CM linkages along all three Cartesian axes. [RuII/III2(O2CMe)4]3[CrIII(CN)6] magnetically orders as a ferrimagnet (Tc = 33 K) and has an unusual constricted hysteresis loop.