Volume 23, Issue 21 p. 5154-5170
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Homometallic DyIII Complexes of Varying Nuclearity from 2 to 21: Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetism

Dr. Sourav Biswas

Dr. Sourav Biswas

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016 India

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Dr. Sourav Das

Dr. Sourav Das

Department of Chemistry, Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management, Ahmedabad, 380026 India

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Joydev Acharya

Joydev Acharya

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016 India

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Vierandra Kumar

Vierandra Kumar

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016 India

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Dr. Jan van Leusen

Dr. Jan van Leusen

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany

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Prof. Dr. Paul Kögerler

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Prof. Dr. Paul Kögerler

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany

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Juan Manuel Herrera

Juan Manuel Herrera

Departamento de Química Inorganica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

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Prof. Dr. Enrique Colacio

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Prof. Dr. Enrique Colacio

Departamento de Química Inorganica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

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Prof. Dr. Vadapalli Chandrasekhar

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Prof. Dr. Vadapalli Chandrasekhar

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016 India

National Institute of Science Education and Research, Institute of Physics Campus, Sachivalaya Marg, Bhubaneswar, 751 005 India

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First published: 16 February 2017
Citations: 54

Graphical Abstract

It′s complex: Utilization of a multidentate flexible aroyl hydrazine-based Schiff base ligand, 6-((bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)methyl)-N′-((8-hydroxyquinolin-2-yl)methylene)picolinohydrazide leads to formation of four complexes with {Dy2}, {Dy4}, {Dy6}, and {Dy21} metallic cores. Nuclearity is controlled by the successive deprotonation of the ligand in combination with judicious choice of co-ligands. Detailed static and dynamic magnetic properties of all the complexes reveal SMM characteristics for the {Dy2}, {Dy6}, and {Dy21} complexes.

Abstract

The synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of four DyIII coordination compounds isolated as [Dy2(LH2)2211-Piv)]Cl2 MeOHH2O (1), [Dy4(LH)23-OH)2(Piv)4(MeOH)2]4 MeOH2 H2O (2), [Dy6(LH2)3(tfa)3(O3PtBu)(Cl)3]Cl415.5 H2O4 MeOH5 CHCl3 (3) and [Dy21(L)7(LH)7(tfa)7]Cl715 H2O7 MeOH12 CHCl3 (4) are reported (Piv=pivalate, tfa=1,1,1-trifluoroacetylacetone, O3PtBu=tert-butylphosphonate). Among these, 3 displays an equilateral triangle topology with a side length of 9.541 Å and a rare pentagonal-bipyramidal Dy3+ environment, whereas complex 4 exhibits a single-stranded nanowheel structure with the highest nuclearity known for a homometallic lanthanide cluster structure. A tentative model of the dc magnetic susceptibility and the low-temperature magnetization of compounds 1 and 2 indicates that the former exhibits weak ferromagnetic intramolecular exchange interaction between the Dy3+ ions, whereas in the latter both intramolecular ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic magnetic exchange interactions are present. Compounds 1, 3, and 4 exhibit frequency-dependent ac signals below 15 K at zero bias field, but without exhibiting any maximum above 2 K at frequencies up to 1400 Hz. The observed slow relaxation of the magnetization suggests that these compounds could exhibit single molecule magnet (SMM) behavior with either a thermal energy barrier for the reversal of the magnetization that is not high enough to block the magnetization above 2 K, or there exists quantum tunneling of the magnetization (QTM).

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.