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Alexey Gusev1, Radovan Herchel2, Ivan Nemec2
1General and Physical Chemistry Department, Crimean Federal University , Simferopol, Crimea.
Abstract:
A multidentate hydrazone-type ligand (Z,Z)-bis(1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1-amino-methylidene)oxalohydrazide (H2L) was utilized in the synthesis of three new isomorphous tetranuclear complexes of the general formula [Ln4(HL)4(H2L)2(NO3)4](NO3)4·4CH3OH (Ln = GdIII, 1, TbIII, 2, DyIII, 3) with the gridlike [2 × 2] topology. The analysis of the static magnetic data revealed weak anti-ferromagnetic interaction among lanthanide(III) atoms, whereas dynamic magnetic data led to the observation of the single-molecule magnet behavior in zero static magnetic field for the Dy4 compound 3 with Ueff = 42.6 K and τ0 = 1.50 × 10-5 s. The theoretical CASSCF calculations supported also the presence of the net toroidal magnetic moment, which classifies compound 3 also as a single-molecule toroic.
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