Ge Li, Xiaoxi Zhao, Qingxin Han, Li Wang and Weisheng Liu
Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 10120-10126
DOI:
10.1039/D0DT01711F,
Paper
A pair of 3-methoxysalicylhydrazone-based homochiral ligands constructed chiral trinuclear and pentanuclear complexes with LaIII and DyIII ions, respectively, which indicates that the radii controlled the self-assembled structures. Chiral transfer during the self-assembly processes was confirmed by crystal structure analysis and CD spectroscopy. Then, magnetic investigations demonstrated that the chiral Dy5 complexes exhibited typical single-molecule magnet behavior.