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Synthesis, Structure and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of a Mixed Valent Metal-organic Framework Containing Cu Paddle-wheel Units 2

Mantas Šim#nas, Merten Kobalz, Matthias Mendt, Pierre Eckold, Harald Krautscheid, Juras Banys, and Andreas Pöppl J. Phys. Chem. C, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/jp512629c • Publication Date (Web): 02 Feb 2015 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on February 11, 2015

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Synthesis, Structure and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of a Mixed Valent Metal-Organic Framework Containing Cu2 Paddle-Wheel Units ˇ enas,† Merten Kobalz,‡ Matthias Mendt,¶ Pierre Eckold,§ Harald Mantas Sim˙ Krautscheid,‡ J¯uras Banys,† and Andreas P¨oppl∗,¶ Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 9, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universit¨at Leipzig, Johannisallee 29, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, Universit¨ at Leipzig, Linnestrasse 5, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, and Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +49 341 9732608. Fax: +49 341 9732649



To whom correspondence should be addressed Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 9, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania ‡ Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universit¨at Leipzig, Johannisallee 29, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany ¶ Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, Universit¨at Leipzig, Linnestrasse 5, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany § Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany †

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Abstract We report synthesis and composite study of a novel metal-organic framework (MOF) compound of chemical formula

3 [CuI CuII {H O} {(Me−trz−mba) thio} ]Cl , ∞ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

where

(Me−trz−mba)2 thio2− stands for 3,3-(5,5-(thiophene-2,5-diyl)bis(3-methyl-4H-1,2,4triazole-5,4-diyl))dibenzoate. This coordination polymer was synthesized by solvothermal synthesis. The crystal structure was determined using single crystal X-ray diffraction. The main building block of this compound is a so called Cu2 paddle-wheel (PW) unit, which contains two Cu2+ ions connected via four carboxylate groups. Magnetic properties of the investigated MOF were studied by the continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy at X- and Q-band frequencies in a wide temperature range. Mononuclear Cu2+ ions were observed in the EPR spectra and characterized by spectral simulations. In addition, the obtained EPR data allowed us to detect and investigate three distinct magnetic interactions related to the Cu2+ pairs. At higher temperatures the fine structure pattern was observed in the EPR spectra and the spin-spin interaction tensor D was determined. The origin of this pattern was assigned to the thermally populated excited triplet states of the Cu2+ pairs. It was found that two Cu2+ ions within a single PW unit couple antiferromagnetically with the exchange coupling constant J = −258 cm−1 . Moreover, the EPR spectra of dehydrated MOF samples show a broad, poorly resolved spectral feature, the origin of which is an exchange of the spin triplets between neighboring Cu2 PW units. By simulating the powder pattern of this inter-dinuclear exchange line, we estimated the exchange coupling between neighboring PW units (|J ′ | = 4.9 cm−1 ). It was also found that the inter-dinuclear exchange gradually disappears, if the dehydrated samples are allowed to interact with air, demonstrating that this exchange can be rather easily manipulated in the investigated MOF.

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Keywords Coordination polymer, MOF, EPR, Exchange interaction, Copper carboxylate, Inter-dinuclear exchange

Introduction Materials possessing highly porous structures are of high scientific and technological interest due to their broad applicability. For a long time this class of materials mainly consisted of inorganic (e.g. zeolite and mesoporous silica) and activated carbon-based solid compounds 1 . In 1990s a third type of porous materials called porous coordination polymers or metalorganic frameworks (MOFs) was intensively developed, since it was recognized that a huge diversity of highly porous geometries can be obtained by combination of polydentate ligands with a variety of metals 2–5 . In general, MOFs are highly porous ordered crystalline materials, which consist of two main building blocks: metal ions or secondary building units as connectors and organic molecules as linkers 6,7 . Transition metal and lanthanide ions are the most popular connectors due to the potentially high coordination number, which together with the great diversity of organic linkers give rise to a vast number of different topologies. As a result of the porosity, MOFs are highly attractive for applications related to gas storage 8–11 , selective gas adsorption 12,13 and separation 14 as well as chemical sensing 15 , catalysis 16,17 or air purification 18 . In addition to the technological applications, coordination polymers also draw more fundamental scientific attention due to the peculiar magnetic 19 , ferroelectric 20 or optical 21 phenomena observed in these materials. One of the most studied MOFs is the Cu3 (btc)2 (H2 O)3 · xH2 O (btc = benzene 1,3,5tricarboxylate) compound 22 , which possesses specific magnetic properties 23 . The magnetism in this material arises from a so called Cu2 paddle-wheel (PW) unit, which consists of two Cu2+ ions (also called Cu2+ pairs) interconnected via four carboxylate groups in the synsyn fashion. In general, the Cu2 PW unit is the main building block for a vast number 3

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of dinuclear compounds with general formula Cu2 (µ−OOCR)4 L2 24,25 . A classical electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) study of such a compound is presented in a prosperous work of B. Bleaney and K. D. Bowers, in which the anomalous continuous-wave (CW) EPR signal of the copper(II) acetate monohydrate was explained by proposing that the two Cu2+ ions couple antiferromagnetically as a result of the superexchange interaction transmitted via diamagnetic carboxylate paths 26,27 . Besides the intra-dinuclear interaction between cupric ions, the much weaker inter-dinuclear exchange was observed in the EPR spectra of polymeric chains of similar Cu2 dinuclear units 28 . Generally, the CW EPR spectroscopy proved to be a very powerful tool to probe such magnetic interactions in dinuclear 29–32 as well as MOF 33–36 compounds, containing pairs of Cu2+ ions. Here we report the synthesis, structural and EPR study of a new MOF with a chemical 2− formula 3∞ [CuI2 CuII stands 2 {H2 O}2 {(Me−trz−mba)2 thio}2 ]Cl2 , where (Me−trz−mba)2 thio

for 3,3’-(5,5’-(thiophene-2,5-diyl)bis(3-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole-5,4-diyl))dibenzoate. The structure of this MOF is based on the Cu2 PW secondary building unit. This compound was synthesized by solvothermal synthesis and its structure was determined using single crystal X-ray diffraction. The magnetic properties of this material were investigated by X- and Q-band CW EPR spectroscopy in a broad temperature range from 10 K to 293 K. Such experiments allowed us to study the antiferromagnetic coupling of the two cupric ions in a single PW unit, determine the exchange coupling constant of this interaction and characterize mononuclear Cu2+ ion species, which were also detected in the samples. Additionally, the inter-dinuclear exchange interaction emerged in sufficiently dehydrated samples. Using the exchange narrowing theory, we simulated the observed powder pattern of the inter-dinuclear exchange line and determined the exchange coupling constant of this interaction.

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Experimental section Synthesis and sample preparation The 3∞ [CuI2 CuII 2 {H2 O}2 {(Me−trz−mba)2 thio}2 ]Cl2 MOF samples were synthesized using solvothermal synthesis with H2 O/MeCN (water/acetonitrile, volume ratio 1:1) as a solvent. A Teflon beaker was loaded with 0.1 mmol (1.0 eq.) of the protonated ligand H2 (Me−trz−mba)2 thio, 0.4 mmol (4.0 eq.) CuCl2 · 2 H2 O and 5 ml of a mixture of water/acetonitrile (v/v = 1:1). The vessel was sealed and the reaction mixture was heated up to 140 ◦ C within one hour. The temperature was kept on a constant level for five hours and then the autoclave was cooled to room temperature during a period of 59 hours. After filtration the crystalline product was washed with H2 O/MeCN to get the target compound in 72% yield. In order to achieve a complete solvent exchange, selected samples were Soxhlet extracted with methanol for seven days. After each day a new batch of methanol was used. We investigated nine samples of

I II 3 ∞ [Cu2 Cu2 {H2 O}2 {(Me−trz−mba)2 thio}2 ]Cl2 ,

which

differ by their post-synthesis treatment. All samples and their treatment are listed in Table 1. Sample 1 was not activated and samples 6, 7 and 8 were activated twice at different conditions in vacuum. All samples except 1 were Soxhlet extracted with methanol. Table 1: Investigated samples and their post-synthesis treatment. Temperature and time of sample activation in vacuum is presented in the second and the third columns, respectively. Sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Temperature (◦ C) no activation 23 80 120 23 23, 80 23, 120 23, 100 120

5

Time (hours) no activation 24 24 24 72 24, 1 24, 1 24, 2 72

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EPR measurements The X-band (∼ 9.5 GHz) CW EPR measurements were performed using a Bruker ELEXYS E580 spectrometer. The temperature dependent EPR signal intensity was measured using a rectangular dual mode cavity, since it allowed to simultaneously measure a reference sample, which was kept at room temperature. The Q-band (∼ 34 GHz) CW EPR measurements were carried out with a Bruker EMX 10-40 spectrometer. For most of the room temperature measurements 20 mW microwave power, a modulation strength of 5 G and a modulation frequency of 100 kHz were used. To avoid saturation effects, the measurements at low temperature were performed at 2 mW microwave power. All simulations of spectra were carried out using EasySpin simulation software implemented under Matlab environment 37 .

Structural Characterization The single crystal X-ray diffraction data was measured using a IPDS-2T (STOE) image plate detector system with laboratory Mo-Kα X-ray radiation (λ = 71.073 pm). The data set was processed with the STOE X-AREA software 38 . The structure was solved by direct methods and refined using SHELX-97 39 . The non-hydrogen atoms of the framework were refined anisotropically. The coordinates of the hydrogen atoms of the framework were calculated for idealized positions. Due to the fact that no solvent molecules could be localized in the difference Fourier map, the SQUEEZE-routine of the PLATON software was applied 40 . DIAMOND 3.2f 41 was used to visualize the structures. The powder diffraction data was collected at at room temperature on a STADI-P (STOE) diffractometer in Debye-Scherrer-Geometry with Cu-Kα -radiation (λ = 154.060 pm). The measuring cell was a glass capillary (0.5 mm in diameter).

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Results and Discussion Crystal structure of 1 Crystallization of 1 occurs in the orthorhombic space group I21 21 21 (No. 24) with four formula units per unit cell, including a copper(II) PW coordinated by ((Me−trz−mba)2 thio)2− ligands and two water molecules on the apical positions. In addition, the linker is coordinating with nitrogen donor atoms of the triazole ring to four Cu+ ions. Furthermore, a disordered chloride ion was refined, which contributes to the charge-neutrality of the framework. A segment of the crystal structure of 1, focusing on the coordination environments of Cu1 and Cu3, is shown in Fig. 1. Table 2 summarizes selected bond lengths and angles of 1 (details of the crystal structure data are given in the Supporting Information). With an exception of the sulfur atom in the thiophene ring, the ((Me−trz−mba)2 thio)2− -ligand is coordinating to both copper ions using all available donor atoms. Each ligand is coordinating to two PW units and Cu+ ions. a

c b

O1 C17

b

O5

O2a Cu1

O4a C24a O3 O3a

c

a

O2 C H Cl Cu

N3

N O

Cu3 N6b

N6d

S

N3c

Figure 1: Polyhedral presentation of the coordination environments of the Cu1 and Cu3 (left, 50% probability ellipsoids) and build-up of the three dimensional network of 1 (right). Symmetry codes: a: 0 .5 − x , y, 1 − z ; b: −x , 0 .5 + y, 1 .5 − z ; c: x , 1 − y, 1 .5 − z ; d: −x , 0 .5 − y, z . The distance between the Cu2+ ions in the PW unit was assigned to be 264.2(2) pm and it is similar to other coordination polymers exhibiting similar structure motif 22,35 . In a single PW unit an axial symmetry along the Cu-Cu is generated. Cu3 is distorted tetrahedral coordinated by nitrogen donor atoms of triazole rings provided by four ((Me−trz−mba)2 thio)2− 7

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Table 2: Selected distances and angles in 1. Atoms 1-2 Cu1...Cu1 Cu1-O5 Cu1-O1 Cu1-O2a C17-O1 C17-O2 Cu3-N3 Cu3-N6b

Bond length (pm) 264.2(1) 216.0(2) 196.1(1) 195.9(1) 127.1(1) 126.8(1) 205.3(1) 205.0(1)

Atoms 1-2-3

Angle (deg)

O5-Cu1-O1

92.96(1)

O5-Cu1-O3

98.90(1)

N3-Cu3-N6b

105.27(2)

N3-Cu3-N3c

108.27(1)

ligand molecules. This coordination mode leads to the formation of a three dimensional network exhibiting mgc-topology ({410 .62 .816 }{45 .6}2 ). Utilizing PLATON 40 , the solvent accessible pore volume was determined to be 30% (sorption isotherms of N2 and CO2 are presented in the Supporting Information). Pore channels of approximately 420 × 420 pm along crystallographic a-axis are responsible for the porosity of this coordination polymer (see Fig. 2). b

c

C H Cl Cu N O S

Figure 2: Ball and stick (left) and space filling (right) projections of 1 containing a threedimensional pore system. Pore channels are extended along crystallographic a-direction.

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EPR of 2 The experimental X and Q-band CW EPR spectra of 2 measured at 10 K and at room temperature are presented in Fig. 3. The X-band room temperature spectrum consists of four lines at magnetic fields of about 50 mT, 300 mT, 500 mT and 620 mT, while five lines are observed in the Q-band case at 500 mT, 700 mT, 950 mT, 1170 mT and 1350 mT. Similar powder patterns, as recorded in the room temperature spectrum of 2, were de-

Simulation

Simulation Bz1 M

293 K Bz2

Bx2,y2

ΔmS = ±2 Bz1 Bx1,y1

Bz2 /Bx2,y2

M

gz, Dz

Simulation M

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Simulation

D4h M

10 K

10 K

(a) 0

200

400

(b)

600

500

750

B (mT)

1000

1250

1500

B (mT)

Figure 3: Normalized experimental (black) and simulated (red) (a) X-band and (b) Q-band spectra of powder sample 2 at 10 K and room temperature. The M -symbol marks the line of mononuclear Cu2+ ions. The PW unit with collinear gz and Dz principal axes of Cu2+ pair g- and D-tensors are also indicated in (b). tected for vast number of copper dinuclear systems 42,43 , especially copper carboxylates (Cu2 (O2 CR)4 L2 ) 28,31,44,45 , as well as for Cu3 (btc)2 (H2 O)3 33 , [Zn1−x Cux (bdc)(dabco)]0.5 34 and STAM-1 35 MOFs, which contain similar Cu2 PW units. The first interpretation of such spectrum was already given in 1952 by B. Bleaney and K.D. Bowers 26,27 , who observed an atypical single crystal spectrum of Cu2+ acetate monohydrate, (Cu(CH3 COO)2 (H2 O)2 ). They concluded that the two S =

1 2

spins of two interconnected Cu2+ ions (electronic con-

figuration of a single Cu2+ ion is 3d9 , S = 12 ) couple antiferromagnetically into the S = 0 ground state (EPR silent), but the excited S = 1 triplet state (susceptible to EPR spec9

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troscopy) is thermally populated at elevated temperatures. This coupling occurs because two unpaired electrons reside in the dx2 −y2 orbitals of Cu2+ and thus they can be exchanged as a result of the superexchange interaction, which is mediated via diamagnetic carboxylate groups 43 . The PW unit in the investigated MOF also contains two Cu2+ ions connected via four carboxylate groups (see Fig. 1). Therefore, we propose that the origin of the observed room temperature powder pattern is the coupling of the two unpaired electron spins, resulting in the excited triplet S = 1 state. This proposal is verified by spectral simulations, which were performed for an anisotropic and isolated S = 1 spin system. The spin Hamiltonian used for the simulations includes the electron Zeeman interaction and the fine structure (fs) term 46 : H(Cu2 ) = βe B 0 gS + SDS = βe B 0 gS + DSz2 + E(Sx2 − Sy2 ) −

2D . 3

(1)

Here βe is the Bohr magneton, g denotes the Cu2+ pair g-tensor and D is a traceless fs tensor with its components parameterized by the D (axial) and E (orthorhombic) zero-field splitting (zfs) parameters. Other symbols have their usual meanings. For the orthorhombic case (D 6= 0 and E 6= 0), it is expected that the two allowed EPR transitions (∆mS = ±1, where mS refers to the magnetic spin quantum number) result in six resonance lines, since for each transition there are three principal directions. However, if a system has axial symmetry (D 6= 0 and E = 0), then according to the standard notation 46 the number of resonances is reduced to four: Bx1,y1 , Bx2,y2 , Bz1 and Bz2 . We note that the

63,65

Cu hyperfine splitting

was not sufficiently well resolved in the experimental spectra and thus we do not include the hyperfine interaction into the spin Hamiltonian. The simulated room temperature spectra are also presented in Fig. 3. For X and Qband simulations the same set of spin Hamiltonian parameters has been used. Note that in the Q-band spectrum the Bx2,y2 and Bz2 resonance fields are almost the same and in the low field region (≈ 500 mT) the so-called forbidden transition (∆mS = ±2) is detected. Simulations reveal that in the X-band spectrum the forbidden and the Bx1,y1 transitions are not observed, since the zfs parameter D and the X-band microwave frequency are of 10

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comparable magnitude. The spin Hamiltonian parameters used for simulations are gx = gy ≡ g⊥ = 2.072(2), gz ≡ gk = 2.383(2), D = −0.355(1) cm−1 and E ≈ 0. From our EPR experiments it is not possible to determine the sign of D, but it was chosen to be negative in accordance with recent theoretical ab-initio 47 and experimental high-field EPR 48 findings for similar Cu2 PW systems. The obtained axially symmetric and collinear D and g-tensors confirm the results of structural analysis, which indicate that the PW unit has D4h symmetry (see Fig. 3b). The absolute value of the axial zfs parameter D is in a good agreement with the previously reported values for MOF systems, containing Cu2 PW units: 0.320 cm−1 was found for Cu3 (btc)2 (H2 O)3 33 , 0.340 cm−1 for [Zn1−x Cux (bdc)(dabco)]0.5 34 and 0.337 cm−1 for STAM-I MOF 35 . In addition, very similar values were also observed for many monomolecular Cu2 dinuclear compounds 28,44,45,49 . The simulation of the Cu2+ pair signal does not explain the line marked by the Msymbol at about 300 mT (X-band) and 1170 mT (Q-band), which also prevails in the 10 K spectra (see Fig. 3). This signal is the well known anisotropic EPR powder pattern of the mononuclear Cu2+ ions possessing an S = magnetic moments of the

63

Cu and

65

1 2

electron spin which interacts with the nuclear

Cu isotopes (both having nuclear spin I (Cu) =

3 ). 2

Two axially symmetric patterns of two slightly distinct Cu2+ ion species (A and B) can be identified in the experimental X-band spectrum of 2. To further characterize these two species, spectral simulations were carried out using the spin Hamiltonian with included electron Zeeman and hyperfine interactions: (Cu)

Hi

(Cu) (Cu)

= βe B 0 g i S + SAi (Cu)

Here the subscript i marks species A or B and Ai

I

.

(2)

denotes the hyperfine tensor of copper

nucleus. Note that it was not possible to properly simulate the parallel part of the Cu2+ signal in the Q-band spectrum, since the hyperfine interaction at this frequency was not

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properly resolved. The simulated low temperature spectra are also presented in Fig. 3. Both Cu2+ species were assumed to have axially symmetric and collinear g- and A(Cu) -tensors. For the species A the parallel components of g- and A(Cu) - tensors are: gk,A = 2.337(2) (Cu)

and Ak,A = 160(2) × 10−4 cm−1 . For species B these parameters are slightly different: (Cu)

gk,B = 2.320(2) and Ak,B = 174(2) × 10−4 cm−1 . The perpendicular components g⊥ of the g-tensors are 2.05(1) and 2.06(1) for the A and B species, respectively. Since the g⊥ spectral region is not sufficiently well resolved, the determination of A⊥ was obscure. The occurrence of the mononuclear Cu2+ ions in the investigated MOF is an unexpected result, since, according to the structural analysis data, all Cu2+ ions are coupled into pairs within the PW units. However, mononuclear Cu2+ ions were also observed in Cu3 (btc)2 (H2 O)3 33 , [Zn1−x Cux (bdc)(dabco)]0.5 34 and STAM-I MOFs 35 , where they were attributed to extra-framework impurities. In this work we will not further investigate the origin and nature of these Cu2+ defect centers.

Intra-dinuclear exchange To verify the proposal that the two electron spins within a single PW unit couple antiferromagnetically into the S = 0 ground state, the spectrum of 2 was recorded at different temperatures. The obtained experimental Q-band spectra are presented in Fig. 4 (see Supporting Information for the X-band spectra). As already discussed, the 10 K spectrum consists only of the mononuclear Cu2+ signal, meaning that all electronic spins in the PW units are in their S = 0 ground state and therefore are EPR silent. However, the thermally excited S = 1 state starts to populate at 50 K, as the weak Bx2,y2 signal is observed. With further increase of temperature, pairs of Cu2+ ions continue to occupy the S = 1 state, resulting in higher signal intensity of its typical fs EPR spectrum. The intensity of the temperature dependent fs EPR spectrum of the Cu2+ pairs can be used to determine the energy splitting (isotropic exchange coupling) J between the S = 0 ground state and the S = 1 excited state (see inset in Fig. 5 for the energy level diagram). 12

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293 K 250 K 220 K 180 K 150 K 100 K 70 K 50 K M 10 K

500

750

1000

1250

1500

B (mT)

Figure 4: Normalized Q-band spectra of powder sample 2 recorded at different temperatures. The M -symbol indicates the mononuclear Cu2+ line. This is carried out by taking into account that the intensity of an EPR line is generally proportional to the magnetic susceptibility χ, which for dinuclear compounds follows the Bleaney-Bowers equation 26,43 :

χ = µ0

−1 2βe2 g 2  − J , 3 + e kB T kB T

(3)

where µ0 = 4π · 10−7 T· m· A−1 is the permeability of vacuum, g is an average of the principle values of the g-tensor and J is the isotropic exchange coupling. Note that here we use the following form of the Heisenberg exchange Hamiltonian: H = −JS 1 S 2 . For temperature dependent measurements the Bx2,y2 line was chosen in the X-band spectra (see Supporting Information) and its intensity was determined by double numerical integration. Afterwards, the exchange coupling J was obtained by fitting the experimental data with Eq. 3 (see Fig. 5). The reliable fit yields J = −258(5) cm−1 . The negative

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100

150 T (K)

200

250

300

Figure 5: Temperature dependence of the normalized EPR intensity of the fs Cu2+ pair X-band signal Bx2,y2 of 2. Solid curve is the best fit to the Bleaney-Bowers equation. The zero-field energy level diagram for the S = 0 ground state and the excited S = 1 state is illustrated in the inset (the zfs of the S = 1 state is exaggerated). sign of the exchange coupling confirms that Cu2+ ions in the PW units are coupled antiferromagnetically. These results are further justified by the SQUID magnetic susceptibility measurements, since the value of J = −278(2) cm−1 was obtained for 1 (see Supporting Information). The slight discrepancy between the SQUID and EPR measurements could arise due to the different treatment of the studied samples after the synthesis. In addition, a deviation between J values obtained from the magnetic susceptibility and EPR data was already observed for other similar systems 27,33 . The determined value of J is in a good agreement with values found for other compounds containing Cu2 dinuclear units 23,27,33,35,50,51 .

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1 35 MOFs as well as in many dinuclear complexes 28,42,52–54 . Kozlevˇcar et al. 28 have investigated the origin of this line by measuring the magnetic properties and EPR spectra of isolated and polymeric dinuclear Cu2+ complexes. Such a signal was found only for the polymeric compounds, indicating that its origin lies in the inter-dinuclear exchange interaction between adjacent PW units, in which Cu2+ pairs are in the excited S = 1 triplet state. This phenomenon is sometimes called the exchange narrowing and it is caused by the stochastic spin triplet exchange between the interconnected PW units 29,30,55,56 . This is consistent with the observation that the collapsed line intensity decreases as the temperature is lowered, since some of the Cu2+ pairs relax into the S = 0 ground state. The occurrence of the inter-dinuclear exchange line in the spectrum of 3 and the lack of such a line in the spectrum of sample 2 is an unexpected result for which there seems to be two possible explanations: either the activation at 80 ◦ C destroys the framework and as a result inter-dinuclear exchange paths are formed or the dehydration of the sample opens the existing exchange paths. To investigate which scenario is more plausible, a new sample was prepared and activated at 120 ◦ C for 24 hours under vacuum and subsequently sealed in a quartz tube (4). The X-band room temperature spectrum of this material is presented in Fig. 7, indicating the superposition of the mononuclear Cu2+ and the collapsed fs signal at around 300 mT as the dominant spectral feature (denoted by the asterisk symbol). Afterwards, the top of the sample tube was cleaved to allow contact with air. The X-band spectra after 1, 4 and 14 days of keeping the sample at ambient conditions are also shown in Fig. 7. It can be seen that after allowing the sample to interact with air, the inter-dinuclear exchange signal shrinks significantly as the intensity of the anisotropic resolved fs signal increases and the final spectrum becomes indistinguishable from the prior-activation spectrum. This observation demonstrates that a permanent framework destruction did not occur while heating the MOF up to 120 ◦ C. In addition, the PXRD pattern of 3 shows just minor differences in some reflection positions, indicating only slight changes in the framework, while the overall MOF structure is preserved (see Supporting Information). Therefore, the second scenario, which

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proposes that the dehydration of the framework opens the existing exchange paths, seems to be more plausible. This is further justified by the differential thermal analysis (DTA) measurements which indicate that significantly less water is left in 3 compared to 2 after the activation (see Supporting Information). This is an important result, because it shows that in this material the opening and closing of the inter-dinuclear exchange paths is a reversible, dehydration-induced process.

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that |D| decreased due to the distortion of the metal geometry from the square pyramidal (Cl, Br and H) towards the trigonal-bipyramidal (CN and CH3 ). Moreover, the significant broadening of the fs signal for samples activated at higher temperatures indicates a possible distribution of the D values, suggesting that some PW units have two, one or none axially coordinating H2 O molecules. Table 3: Relevant magnetic parameters of Cu2+ pairs in different samples. Sample −D (cm−1 ) −J (cm−1 ) |J ′ | (cm−1 ) 1 0.338(1) 278(2)(a) 2 0.355(1) 258(5)(b) 3 0.367(2) 4.9(7) 5 0.358(2) 6 0.357(1) 7 0.360(2) 8 0.365(2) 9 0.367(2) Measurement method: (a) SQUID, (b) EPR

In Fig. 8b the intensity ratio between the inter-dinuclear exchange and the resolved anisotropic fs spectrum is plotted against the D parameter for all investigated samples. A correlation between these two quantities can be observed - the increment of |D| is accompanied by the increase in the intensity of the inter-dinuclear exchange line. However, it is not completely clear if this is a direct correlation, i.e. if the exchange paths are opened by the removal of water from the PW units. It might be that some water species coordinating to the linker are eliminated and thus the inter-dinuclear exchange becomes possible. To get a deeper understanding about this exchange process, spectral simulations of the collapsed line were performed.

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on the sample activation temperature or water content in the sample (see Fig. 7), which is not a likely scenario. In addition, to obtain the best agreement with the experimental pattern, we also included the simulated mononuclear Cu2+ line in the final spectrum (for simulation the same set of spin Hamiltonian parameters was used as for 2).

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The obtained value of Γpp,0 is in a good agreement with the values determined for similar dinuclear systems 30,32 . Similar values of the inter-dinuclear exchange coupling constant were observed in the chains of Cu2 dinuclear units of formula [Cu(trans-2-butenoate)4 ]n (J ′ = 5.9 cm−1 , bridges between apical positions) 31 and Cu2 (syn,syn-η 1 :η 1 :µ-MeCOO)4 (anti,anti η 1 :η 1 :µ-MeCOO)(Et3 NH)]n (J ′ = −25 cm−1 , bridges between basal positions) 58 . In these compounds the exchange pathways are much shorter (up to 4 bonds) compared with the pathway, which connects two PW units in the investigated MOF (19 bonds), making it a rather poor candidate for the electron exchange path. Moreover, if the exchange is mediated through the linker, then it is unclear why the inter-dinuclear exchange does not occur in 2. Therefore, it seems that the exchange among the triplets of the Cu2+ pairs is mediated via apical positions of the PW units, since the distance between two Cu2+ ions from the neighboring units is only 4.99 ˚ A. The removal of the axially coordinating water may create a weak interaction between two PWs, permitting the exchange. For example, it was found 28 that two dinuclear copper units form a stacked dimer unit via Cu-O coordination with Cu-O distance of 2.22 ˚ A, where Cu and O atoms are from different units. However, the Cu-O distance of 4.23 ˚ A, determined for the investigated MOF, is too big to form such a bond. Thus, the observation of the inter-dinuclear exchange interaction across such an extended distance seems to be unique and the precise origin of the inter-dinuclear exchange path in the investigated MOF still remains unclear. It should be also mentioned that few approximations were involved in the simulation of the inter-dinuclear exchange line. First, only one inter-dinuclear exchange path with the exchange coupling constant J ′ was considered. Secondly, for simplicity all Cu2 PW units were treated as magnetically equivalent for all directions of the applied magnetic field, which clearly contradicts observation of two distinct orientations of the PW units in the crystal structure.

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Conclusions The investigated MOF

I II 3 ∞ [Cu2 Cu2 {H2 O}2 {(Me−trz−mba)2 thio}2 ]Cl2

was synthesized using

solvothermal synthesis and its structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The network contains a well known copper paddle-wheel motif as a secondary building unit, formed by four carboxylate groups of the ligand and water molecules on the axial coordination sites. The temperature dependent X- and Q-band CW EPR spectra reveal that Cu2+ ions in the investigated MOF are present in two different magnetic states. The first are the paramagnetic mononuclear Cu2+ defect species, which were characterized by spectral simulations. The second are Cu2+ pairs in the paddle wheel units, which are coupled antiferromagnetically, meaning that at low temperatures all such pairs are in the EPR silent S = 0 ground state. At temperatures above 50 K their excited S = 1 triplet state starts to populate, resulting in a well resolved fs CW spectrum. Simulation of the room temperature fs pattern allowed us to obtain the g- and D-tensors, characterizing the pairs of Cu2+ . By following the temperature dependence of the resolved fs spectrum, it was possible to determine the isotropic exchange coupling constant J. Surprisingly, the activation of the MOF at higher temperatures opens additional spin exchange paths between excited spin states of the Cu2+ pairs. This exchange results in the collapse of the formally resolved fs spectrum into a single line. By simulating the powder pattern of the exchange narrowed line, we managed to determine the absolute value of the inter-dinuclear exchange coupling constant J ′ . After the interaction between the activated MOF and air, these paths are closed again, demonstrating that the inter-dinuclear exchange is a dehydration-induced process. To our knowledge the synthesized MOF is the first material in which this phenomenon can be rather easily manipulated - a property important for studying and application of molecular magnets.

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Acknowledgement Financial support by the German Research Foundation DFG within the framework of its priority program SPP 1362 (”Por¨ose metallorganische Ger¨ ustverbindungen”) is gratefully ˇ thanks German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the financial acknowledged. M.S. support. The authors thank Dr. J. M¨ollmer and M.Sc. M. Lange from the ”Institut f¨ ur Nichtklassische Chemie e.V. (INC)” for CO2 and N2 sorption measurements.

Supporting Information Available Synthesis of the protonated ligand H2 (Me−trz−mba)2 thio, CO2 and N2 sorption data, additional EPR spectra, DTA data, SQUID magnetization measurements and more detailed simulation of the inter-dinuclear exchange line. CCDC 1046250 containing the supplementary crystallographic data can be obtained free of charge from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre via http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org/.

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