Chiral [MnIIMnIII3M'] (M' = NaI, CaII, MnII) and [MnIIMnIII6NaI2] clusters built from an enantiomerically pure Schiff base: synthetic, chiroptical and magnetic properties.

From the reaction of manganese halides with the chiral Schiff bases obtained by condensation of o-vanillin and (R)- or (S)-phenylglycinol, eleven complexes based on pentanuclear cages with trigonal bipyramidal [MnIIMnIII3M'] (M = NaI, CaII, MnII) or enneanuclear MnIIMnIII6NaI2 cores have been synthesized. Structural, supramolecular chirality and optical properties have been explored. The magnetic properties of related systems have been reviewed and the magnetic response of the new systems has been rationalized to the bond parameters.