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Sui-Jun Liu1, Jiong-Peng Zhao, Wei-Chao Song
1Department of Chemistry and TKL of Metal- and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Abstract:
Two carboxylate-bridged Dy(III) complexes, [Dy(2)(piv)(5)(μ(3)-OH)(H(2)O)](n) (1) and [Dy(2)(piv)(6)(phen)(2)] (2) (pivH = pivalic acid; phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), have been synthesized and structurally characterized. Complex 1 takes a one-dimensional (1D) chain structure based on [Dy(4)(μ(3)-OH)(2)(piv)(8)(H(2)O)(2)](2+) units, while complex 2 is a dinuclear structure bridged by syn,syn-carboxylates. Magnetic investigation indicates weak ferromagnetic interaction between adjacent Dy(III) ions of the Dy(4) unit in 1 and weak intramolecular antiferromagnetic interaction between Dy(III) ions and/or depopulation of the Dy(III) excited-state Stark sublevels in 2. Alternating-current susceptibility measurements revealed frequency- and temperature-dependent out-of-phase signals under a zero direct-current field in 1, with typical slow magnetic relaxation behavior with an anisotropic barrier U ≈ 4.5 K, while 2 exhibits field-induced single-molecule-magnet behavior with ΔE/k(B) = 28.43 K under a 2 kOe external field.
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