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A cobalt complex with 2,4,6-tris(di-2-pyridylamine)-1,3,5-triazine: antiferromagnetic couple governed
Hang Gao1, Ka Liu2, Jin Chang1
1College of Biomedical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology Taiyuan 030024 China hanggao@tyut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
One cobalt complex with distorted trigonal antiprismatic geometry was obtained using 2,4,6-tris(di-2-pyridylamine)-1,3,5-triazine (dipyatriz) as the ligand. X-ray crystallography showed the complex possessing a pair of metal centers, had an antiferromagnetic coupling between two Co(ii) ions. Further studied showed a field-induced slow relaxation under H dc = 0.8 kOe. The peak of out-of-phase was observed after 1000 Hz, which exhibited a moderate slow-relaxation behaviour comparing to the magnetic couple for single Co(ii) complex. This study may provide some strategies on designing new functional molecular magnetic materials with distinct magnetic properties and diverse the structures.
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