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Published on: July 5, 2019
12-Metal 36-membered ring based W(V)-Co(II) layers showing spin-glass behavior
Liang Zhao1, Ran Duan, Peng-Fei Zhuang
1State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China. liutao@dlut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The present study describes the designed synthesis, X-ray structures, and magnetic properties of two 2D cyano bridged heterobimetallic W(V)-Co(II) networks, {[W(CN)8]2[Co(phpy)4]3}·2CH3OH·2H2O (1) and {[W(CN)8]2[Co(4-spy)4]3}·6H2O (2) (phpy = 4-phenylpyridine, 4-spy = 4-styrylpyridine). Both compounds consist of cyano-bridged 12-metal 36-membered ring units, Co6W6(CN)12, joined by organic linkers into a 2D plane. The layer presents a corrugated configuration in compound 1 and a plane configuration in compound 2 due to different π-π stacking interactions. Magnetic measurements reveal that both 1 and 2 have a transition to the spin glass-like phase due to competitive magnetic interactions.
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