- Nickel/lanthanide single-molecule magnets: {Ni(3)Ln} "stars" with a ligand derived from the metal-promoted reduction of di-2-pyridyl ketone under solvothermal conditions.
Nickel/lanthanide single-molecule magnets: {Ni(3)Ln} "stars" with a ligand derived from the metal-promoted reduction of di-2-pyridyl ketone under solvothermal conditions.
Inorganic chemistry (2010-09-30)
Constantinos G Efthymiou, Theocharis C Stamatatos, Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou, Anastasios J Tasiopoulos, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Spyros P Perlepes, George Christou
PMID20873852
ABSTRACT
Unusual {Ni(II)(3)Ln(III)(μ-OR)(6)}(3+) complexes with a "star" topology have been prepared with ligands derived from the metal-promoted reduction of di-2-pyridyl ketone under solvothermal conditions; the Dy(III) member shows weak single-molecule-magnet behavior.
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