A cyclic tetranuclear Cu2Gd2 complex with an S = 8 ground state derived from ferromagnetic spin-coupling between copper(ii) and gadolinium(iii) ions arrayed alternately
Abstract
A cyclic tetranuclear CuII2GdIII2 complex, in which CuII and GdIII ions are arrayed alternately, has an S = 8 spin ground state, due to the ferromagnetic spin coupling between SGd = 7/2 and SCu = 1/2.