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A Mn(iii) single ion magnet with tridentate Schiff-base ligands
S Realista1, A J Fitzpatrick2, G Santos1
1Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal. pnmartinho@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.
Abstract:
Single ion magnet behaviour is reported for a mononuclear Mn(iii) ion with tridentate Schiff-base ligands which exhibits a tetragonal Jahn-Teller elongation along the Namine-Mn-Namine axis and crystallises with two crystallographically distinct Mn(iii) cations (unit A and unit B). While magnetic measurements show a large and negative axial zero-field splitting (D = -4.73 cm(-1)), HF-EPR reveal two distinct large axial Ds (D = -4.60 cm(-1) for unit A and D = -4.18 cm(-1) for unit B), thus resulting in the largest D known to date for a Mn(iii) single ion magnet. AC magnetic measurements at 2000 Oe allowed determination of the energy barrier for spin reversal (10.19 K) and spin reversal relaxation time (1.476 × 10(-6) s) for the Mn(iii) ion. Computational studies were used to characterise the electronic structure and substantiate the zero field splitting in the Mn(iii) complex.
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