Antiferromagnetic Interactions through the Thirteen Å Metal-Metal Distances in Heterometallic One-Dimensional Chains.

A heterometallic and paramagnetic one-dimensional aligned chain in -Rh(+2)-Rh(+2)- Pt(+2)-Ni(+2)-Pt(+2)- with direct metal-metal bonds was obtained via HOMO-LUMO interactions at the σ* (dz 2 ) orbital between [Rh 2 (O 2 CCH 3 ) 4 ] and [Pt 2 Ni(piam) 4 (NH 3 ) 4 ] (piam=pivalamidate). The one-dimensional chains had straight backbones attributed to face-to-face stacking of each complex, and the Ni atoms were separated by approximately 13 Å from four different metals. Each Ni atom had two unpaired electrons in the d-orbitals, which strongly exchanged with J=-37.9 cm -1 through the diamagnetic -Pt-Rh-Rh-Pt- bonds.