Issue 12, 2023

Homochiral Cu6Dy3 single-molecule magnets displaying proton conduction and a strong magneto-optical Faraday effect

Abstract

Using the new Schiff base ligands condensed from 2-hydroxy-1-naphthalenecarboxaldehyde and (1R,2R)/(1S,2S)-2-aminocyclohexanol (R-H3L/S-H3L), a pair of homochiral Cu6Dy3 heterometallic cluster complexes [Cu6Dy3(R-L)6(OH)6(H2O)6](ClO4)(NO3)2·4.75H2O·8.5MeOH (R-1) and [Cu6Dy3(S-L)6(OH)6(H2O)6](ClO4)(NO3)2·5.5H2O·8MeOH (S-1) were synthesized at room temperature, which exhibit an interesting topology of triangular corner-sharing cubanes. Magnetic measurements revealed that they are zero-field single-molecule magnets (SMMs), with different Ueff/k values of 19.5(0.6) K for R-1 and 21.4(0.4) K for S-1, owing to solvent magnetic effects. Meanwhile, the chiral enantiomers show proton conductivity caused by hydrogen bonding networks. Furthermore, the circular dichroism (CD) spectra of R-1 and S-1 confirmed their enantiomeric nature, and the magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) study indicated that both R-1 and S-1 have strong magneto-optical Faraday effects at room temperature, with a large |gmax(MCD)| value of 0.58 T−1.

Graphical abstract: Homochiral Cu6Dy3 single-molecule magnets displaying proton conduction and a strong magneto-optical Faraday effect

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
07 Apr 2023
Accepted
12 Mai 2023
First published
16 Mai 2023

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 3714-3722

Homochiral Cu6Dy3 single-molecule magnets displaying proton conduction and a strong magneto-optical Faraday effect

C. Liu, S. Zhu, Y. Lu, X. Hao and H. Wen, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 3714 DOI: 10.1039/D3QI00634D

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