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Anion-perturbed magnetic slow relaxation in planar {Dy4} clusters
Yan-Zhen Zheng1, Yanhua Lan, Christopher E Anson
1Institut fur Anorganische Chemie, Universitat Karlsruhe (TH), Engesserstrasse Geb. 30.45, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Abstract:
Two planar tetranuclear dysprosium(III) complexes, [Dy(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(hmmpH)(2)(hmmp)(2)(Cl)(4)].3MeCN.MeOH (1) and [Dy(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(hmmpH)(2)(hmmp)(2)(N(3))(4)].4MeOH (2) {hmmpH(2) = 2-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]-6-methoxyphenol}, which exhibit an anion-dependent magnetic slow relaxation behavior, have been synthesized by in situ condensation of o-vanillin and 2-aminoethanol. The higher energy barrier observed in 2 could be the result of a more favorable crystal field and/or orientations of single-ion easy axes of magnetization of the Dy(III) ions.
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