Hetero-tetra-metallic species based on hexanuclear assemblies [((valen)M1)Ln(OH2)2(μM2(CN)8)]2(2-) (Ln = Gd(III), Tb(III); M1 = Cu(II), Ni(II) and M2 = Mo(IV), W(IV)) and co-crystallized mononuclear complexes [M3(tpy)2](2+) (M3 = Ni(II), Ru(II), Os(II)) were identified, fully characterized, and shown to constitute a new class of single-molecule magnets.

The quadridentate N-heterocyclic ligand 6-(5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1,2,4-benzotriazin-3-yl)-2,2' : 6',2''-terpyridine (CyMe(4)-hemi-BTBP) has been synthesized and its interactions with Am(III), U(VI), Ln(III) and some transition metal cations have been evaluated by X-ray crystallographic analysis, Am(III)/Eu(III) solvent extraction experiments, UV absorption spectrophotometry, NM...

The tripodal amino-phosphinate ligands, tris(4-(phenylphosphinato)-3-benzyl-3-azabutyl)amine (H(3)ppba.2HCl.H(2)O) and tris(4-(phenylphosphinato)-3-azabutyl)amine (H(3)ppa.HCl.H(2)O) were synthesized and reacted with Al(3+), Ga(3+), In(3+) and the lanthanides (Ln(3+)). At 2 : 1 H(3)ppba to metal ratios, complexes of the type [M(H(3)ppba)(2)](3+)(M = Al(3+), Ga(3+), In(3+), Ho(3+)-Lu(3+)) were i...

The comparative X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of gadolinium and samarium bisporphyrinate complexes represented by the formulas Gd(III)H(oep)(tpp), Gd(III)(oep)(2), Gd(III)H(tpp)(2) and Sm(III)H(oep)(tpp), Sm(III)(oep)(2), Sm(III)H(tpp)(2) is reported. The XAFS spectra are recorded on the LURE-DCI storage ring (Orsay, France) in transmission mode on the microcrystalline samples at the Gd a...

A complete, isostructural series of complexes with La-Lu (except Pm) with the ligand TREN-1,2-HOIQO has been synthesized and structurally characterized by means of single-crystal X-ray analysis. All complexes are 1D-polymeric species in the solid state, with the lanthanide being in an eight-coordinate, distorted trigonal-dodecahedral environment with a donor set of eight unique oxygen atoms. Th...

Four low-coordinate SIMs have been studied to probe their relaxation dynamics using ab initio calculations. Our calculations reveal that both the symmetry and the equatorial ligand field play a key role in controlling the barrier heights in three-coordinate [Ln(III)(NSiMe3)3] complexes (Ln = Dy/Er). This study reveals an unprecedented blockade of magnetization up to three excited states for the...

New dinuclear MII-LnIII complexes of general formulas [Cu(µ-L)(µ-OAc)Ln(NO3)2]·CH3CN·H2O (LnIII = Gd (1), Tb (2), Dy (3) and Er (4)), [Ni(CH3CN)(µ-L)(µ-OAc)Ln(NO3)2]·CH3CN Nd (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) Y (10)) [Co(CH3CN)(µ-L)(µ-OAc)Ln(NO3)2]·CH3CN (11), (12), (13), (14) (15)) were prepared from the compartmental ligand N,N?-dimethyl-N,N?-bis(2-hydroxy-3-formyl-5-bromo-benzyl)ethylenediamine (H2L)....

The preparation of lanthanide nitrate complexes [Ln(NO3)3{L}]n (Ln3+=La, Nd, Dy) supported by the octaethyl propane-1,1,3,3-tetrayltetrakis(phosphonate) (L) chelate ligand platform is presented. Re-crystallization these compounds from DMSO/THF led to a complete replacement multidentate phosphonate ester and formation exclusively DMSO-supported species [Ln(NO3)3(DMSO)4]. relative basicity model ...