Scanning Probe Microscopy Characterization of Single Chains Based on a One-Dimensional Oxalato-Bridged Manganese(II) Complex with 4-Aminotriazole

The compound [Mn(μ-ox)(4atr)2]n (1) (ox = oxalato and 4atr = 4-amine-1,2,4-triazole) has been synthesized and
characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, variable-temperature magnetic measurements, and X-ray
single-crystal diffraction methods. The crystal structure of compound 1 consists of one-dimensional linear chains
in which trans-[Mn(4atr)2]2+ units are sequentially bridged by centrosymmetric bis-bidentate oxalato ligands.
Cryomagnetic measurements show an overall antiferromagnetic behavior of the compound. Isolated chains of this
polymer have been obtained by sonication of 1 in ethanol or treatment of the polymer with NaOH and morphologically
characterized on highly oriented pyrolitic graphite and mica surfaces by atomic force microscopy and scanning
tunneling microscopy. The procedures employed to obtain single chains of this coordination polymer open a route
for future nanotechnological applications of these types of materials.