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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
Construction of a novel topological frustrated system: a frustrated metal cluster in a helical space
Ryuta Ishikawa1, Motohiro Nakano, Akira Fuyuhiro
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
Abstract:
A novel topologically frustrated pentanuclear cluster helicate [{Cu(II)(μ-L)(3)}(2)Cu(II) (3)(μ(3)-OH)](3+) (L(-)=3,5-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazolate) has been synthesized and characterized. This cluster has a helical arrangement of ligands around the central metal core. Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interactions are essential components to observe a gradual magnetization and forbidden transitions of high-field/multi-frequency (HF/MF)-ESR. The origin of the magnetic anisotropy of this compound is influenced by its helical spin structure, and consequently, the Cu(5)-cluster helicate introduces a unique magnetic anisotropy. This observation is a direct evidence of the topological part of the new spin phase in a magnetic system.
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