“…A compilation of structural and magnetic properties of related oxalato-bridged copper(II) complexes can be found in Table 5. Curiously, [Cu 2 (tacn) 2 (µ-ox)](ClO 4 ) 2 , which has [12] dpa NO 3 7.2 0.08 5.22 -305 [24] tmen ClO 4 8.4 0.18 5.147/5.167 -385.4 [1] deen ClO 4 3.9 n/r n/r -300 [29] mpz PF 6 13.9 0.24 n/r -402 [30] mpz NO 3 2.1 0.06 n/r -312 [30] mpz NO 3 n/r 0.12 5.217 -284 [31] dpp NO 3 7.3 0.16 5.171(1) -312 [9] bpz Cl 4.9 0.10/0.09 5.134(2) -345 [9] Pz [14] [a] Abbreviations: Me 3 tacn = 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane; BzMe 2 tacn = 1-benzyl-4,7-dimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononae, tacn = 1,4,7-triazacyclononane; phen = 1,10-phenanthroline; bdpm = bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methane; bipy = 2,2Ј-bipyridine; dpa = 2,2Ј-dipyridylamine; tmen = N,N,NЈ,NЈ-tetramethylethylenediamine; deen = N,N-diethylethane-1,2-diamine; mpz = 4-methoxy-2-(5-methoxy-3-methylpyrazol-1-yl)-6-methylpyrimidine; dpp = 2,3-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine; bpz = 2,2Ј-bipyrazine; Pz 2 CPh 2 = diphenyldipyrazolylmethane; Pz a very similar bridging motif to both C2 and C3, exhibits relatively weak antiferromagnetic coupling. [19] Both C2 and C3, which have similar J values, have larger φ and h Cu values than the parent tacn complex but this difference does not account for the large difference in the J value.…”