Turning up the spin, turning on single-molecule magnetism: from S = 1 to S = 7 in a [Mn8] cluster via ligand induced structural distortion

Constantinos J. Milios; Ross Inglis; Alina Vinslava; Alessandro Prescimone; Simon Parsons; Spyros P. Perlepes; George Christou; Euan K. Brechin

doi:10.1039/B703089D

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Turning up the spin, turning on single-molecule magnetism: from S = 1 to S = 7 in a [Mn₈] cluster vialigand induced structural distortion†

Constantinos J. Milios,^a Ross Inglis,^a Alina Vinslava,^b Alessandro Prescimone,^a Simon Parsons,^a Spyros P. Perlepes,^c George Christou^b and Euan K. Brechin*^a

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^a School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, UK
E-mail: ebrechin@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
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^b Chemistry Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

^c Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece

Abstract

The spin ground state of a [Mn^III₆Mn^II₂] cluster has been deliberately switched from S = 1 to S = 7 upon designed ligand substitution.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B703089D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 01 Mar 2007
Accepted: 13 Apr 2007
First published: 03 May 2007

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Chem. Commun., 2007, 2738-2740

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Turning up the spin, turning on single-molecule magnetism: from S = 1 to S = 7 in a [Mn₈] cluster via ligand induced structural distortion

C. J. Milios, R. Inglis, A. Vinslava, A. Prescimone, S. Parsons, S. P. Perlepes, G. Christou and E. K. Brechin, Chem. Commun., 2007, 2738 DOI: 10.1039/B703089D

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