Sandeep K. Gupta, Thayalan Rajeshkumar, Gopalan Rajaraman and Ramaswamy Murugavel
Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 7168-7171
DOI:
10.1039/C6CC03066A,
Communication
The axial ligation by the –P![[double bond, length as m-dash]](https://www.rsc.org/images/entities/char_e001.gif)
O group of a phosphonic diamide in an air-stable Nd(III) complex ensures a pseudo-D5h symmetry leading to the stabilization of the mJ = |±9/2〉 state; this in turn is responsible for the observed SIM behaviour at zero field and the slow relaxation of magnetization up to 8.0 K.
