Design and in situ synthesis of a Cu-based porous framework featuring isolated double chain magnetic character.

A Cu-based double chain MOF was synthesized in hydrothermal conditions using an in situ ligand formation method. This double chain MOF shows temperature dependent ferromagnetic (long range ordering) and antiferromagnetic (intra double chain) coupling. The magnetic behaviour originating from the individual double chain remains almost same even after structural collapse due to the removal of guest water molecules.

N-{3-[2-(4-Fluoro-phen-oxy)eth-yl]-2,4-dioxo-1,3-diaza-spiro-[4.5]decan-7-yl}-4-methyl-benzamide.

In the title compound, C(24)H(26)FN(3)O(4), the two aromatic rings form a dihedral angle of 88.81 (15)°. The cyclo-hexane ring adopts a chair conformation and the five-membered ring is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation from planarity of 0.041 (2) Å. The crystal structure displays inter-molecular C-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.