Microwave assisted synthesis of polynuclear Ni(II) complexes

Abstract In this paper we test a solvent-free microwave assisted synthesis method with a known Ni 7 complex, [Ni 7 (chp) 12 (OH) 2 (CH 3 OH) 6 ] ( 2 ), and then extended the method to a more complex ligand system. We prepare two new trinuclear Ni(II) complexes ([Ni 3 (chp) 4 (tBuSALOH) 2 (MeOH) 5 ] ( 4 ) and [Ni 3 (chp) 4 (iPrSALOH) 2 (MeOH) 6 ] ( 5 )) and report here their characterization and magnetic properties.