Le fait qu'un composé métal-organique contienne à la fois une partie organique et une partie inorganique, rend ces systèmes hautement modulables, de la dimensionnalité de leur structure aux propriétés obtenues. Ainsi, la chimie de coordination a été axée sur la synthèse de nouveaux matériaux à base de cations 3d et 4f, liés par des ligands organiques avec des groupes fonctionnels de nature chimique différente, ce qui permet de trouver à ces matériaux intéressants des propriétés telles que la luminescence, l'optique non linéaire et le magnétisme. En outre, la synthèse de composés métal-organique de dimensionnalité supérieur a été dominé par les longues durées de réaction, en plus de l'utilisation de solvants organiques exposés à des conditions de température et supérieures à celles utilisées dans des procédés de synthèse classique pression. Cependant, au cours des dernières années, l'intérêt s'est accru dans le développement de nouvelles techniques de synthèse avec des temps de réaction plus courts et plus favorables à l'environnement, tels que la mécanochimie et la sonochimie. Dans cette thèse, nous présentons la synthèse, la caractérisation structurale et optique de neuf composés de coordination basés sur le liant d'imidazole-4-acide acrylique. Les composés sont classés en deux types: (1) sur la base des cations nd, à l'intérieur qui sont les précurseurs du type [M(HIA)2(H2O)4] (M = CuII, NiII, CdII et ZnII), obtenu par synthèse mécanochimique, et le polymère de coordination {[Cd(H2IA)(HIA)(H2O)2]2∙H2O(NO3)2}n obtenu par sonochimique; et (2) des composés hétérométallique nd/4f, qui sont basées sur la Cu(II)/Eu(III), Cu(II)/Gd(III), Cu(II)/Ce(III) et cations Cd(II)/Ce(IV), tous obtenus par synthèse sonochimique. Il est à noter que les composés basés sur les cations Cu(II)/Ln(III) ont également été caractérisés magnétiquement. De plus, une famille de composés à base de Ni(II)/Ln(II), obtenue par synthèse structurale est rapportée. / The fact that metal-organic compound contains an organic and an inorganic part, makes these systems highly modulable, from the dimensionality of their structure to the properties that are obtained. For this reason during the last time, the coordination chemistry has been focused on the synthesis of new materials based on 3d and 4f cations, linked through organic ligand with functional groups of different chemical nature, which contribute to obtain new materials with interesting properties such as luminescence, non-linear optics and magnetism, among others. On the other hand, the synthesis of metal-organic compounds of greater dimensionality has been dominated by long reaction times, using organic solvents exposed to conditions of temperature and pressure higher than those used in traditional synthesis methods. However, the interest for new synthetic techniques with shorter reaction times and more friendly to the environment, such as mechanochemistry and sonochemistry has grown in last years. In this thesis, are reported the synthesis, structural and optical characterization of nine coordination compounds based on the imidazole-4-acrylic acid ligand. The compounds are classified into two types: (1) based on nd cations, which are the precursors of the type [M(HIA)2(H2O)4] (with M = CuII, NiII, CdII and ZnII), obtained by mechanochemical synthesis, and also the coordination polymer {[Cd(H2IA)(HIA)(H2O)2]2·H2O(NO3)2}n obtained by sonochemistry; and (2) nd/4f heterometallic compounds obtained by sonochemical synthesis, which are based on the CuII/EuIII, CuII/GdIII, CuII/CeIII and CdII/CeIV cations. It should be noted that the compounds based on the CuII/LnIII cations were also magnetically characterized. Additionally, a family of compounds based on NiII/LnII, obtained by structural synthesis is reported. Although, the H2IA ligand does not participate in the final product, the compounds are considered novel from the structural point of view, because the Ln2+ cation, had stabilized only in organometallic compounds until now. Finally, it is important to highlight that the thesis work presented has been carried out within the framework of a co-supervision between the Université de Rennes 1, France, and the Andrés Bello University, Chile, for which two stays were made in France, with six months of duration each one. The results presented were obtained in Laboratoire ISCR Institut des Sciences Chimiques in Rennes, France, and in the Laboratorio de Compuestos Polimetálicos, Chile.

The details of the interplay between the electronic structure and the magnetic properties of matter represent a state of the art challenge. In the present work spectroscopic investigations on the electronic structure of some interesting materials are presented. The achieved information has been used in order to answer specific questions related to the magnetic behavior of the investigated materials. For the transition metal dicyanamide compounds it is shown that the electronic states arising from carbon and nitrogen remain roughly unchanged for all compositions. A model for the magnetic superexchange interaction was proposed. In this model the geometry of the crystallographic structure accounts for a particular interaction pattern while the occupancy of the 3d transition metal band is the factor which triggers the changeover from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic interaction. In the case of six-membered ferric-wheel molecules the comparison between experimental and theoretical data issued estimations for the magnitude of magnetic exchange interactions. The information on the electronic structure of the LaNi5-xMex (Me=Cu, Al) allowed a better understanding of their magnetic behavior. The changes induced in the electronic structure of the parent compound by partial substitutions of nickel by copper or aluminum are discussed.