A three-dimensional metal–organic framework with a distorted Kagome related layer showing canted antiferromagnetic behaviour†
Abstract
Three-dimensional [Mn3{C6H3(COO)3}2] comprising two-dimensional –Mn–O–Mn– distorted Kagome layers, formed by two geometrically different hexa-coordinated Mn2+ ions, show less frustration and spin canted long range ordering possibly due to antisymmetric exchange.