Better single molecule magnets

摘要

Following on from their paper in 2013 (see February 2014 issue, p. 9) that described a mixed 3d-4f single molecuLe magnet, [Cr2~(III)Dy2~(III)(OMe)2(O2CPh)4(mdea)2(NO3)2] (mdeaH2 = N-methyldiethanolamine), the Monash University team led by Professor Keith Murray and collaborators at the Catholic University of Leuven, and the University of Manchester, have extended their work to display chemical control of the various components of these 'butterfly' tetranuclear clusters that Leads to important differences in magnetism (Langley S.K., Wielechowski D.P., Vieru V., Chilton N.F., Moubaraki B., Chibotaru L.F., Murray K.S. Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 3246-56).