Issue 22, 2016

Heterometallic trinuclear {Co III2LnIII} (Ln = Gd, Tb, Ho and Er) complexes in a bent geometry. Field-induced single-ion magnetic behavior of the ErIII and TbIII analogues

Abstract

Through the use of a multi-site compartmental ligand, 2-methoxy-6-[{2-(2-hydroxyethylamino)ethylimino}methyl]phenol (LH3), the family of heterometallic, trinuclear complexes of the formula [CoIII2Ln(L)2(μ-O2CCH3)2(H2O)3]·NO3·xMeOH·yH2O has been expanded beyond Ln = DyIII to include GdIII (1), TbIII (2), HoIII (3) and ErIII (4) for 1, 3 and 4 (x = 1; y = 1) and for 2 (x = 0; y = 2). The metallic core of these complexes consists of a (CoIII–LnIII–CoIII) motif bridged in a bent geometry resulting in six-coordinated distorted CoIII octahedra and nine-coordinated LnIII monocapped square-antiprisms. The magnetic characterization of these compounds reveals the erbium and terbium analogues to display a field induced single-ion magnetic behavior similar to the dysprosium analogue but at lower temperatures. The energy barrier for the reversal of the magnetization of the CoIII2TbIII analogue is Ueff ≥ 15.6(4) K, while for the CoIII2ErIII analogue Ueff ≥ 9.9(8) K. The magnetic properties are discussed in terms of distortions of the 4f electron cloud.

Graphical abstract: Heterometallic trinuclear {CoIII2LnIII} (Ln = Gd, Tb, Ho and Er) complexes in a bent geometry. Field-induced single-ion magnetic behavior of the ErIII and TbIII analogues

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Oct 2015
Accepted
26 Apr 2016
First published
27 Apr 2016

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 9235-9249

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Heterometallic trinuclear {CoIII2LnIII} (Ln = Gd, Tb, Ho and Er) complexes in a bent geometry. Field-induced single-ion magnetic behavior of the ErIII and TbIII analogues

J. Goura, J. Brambleby, C. V. Topping, P. A. Goddard, R. Suriya Narayanan, A. K. Bar and V. Chandrasekhar, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 9235 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03871E

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