Lanthanide triangles sandwiched by tetranuclear copper complexes afford a family of hendecanuclear heterometallic complexes [Ln(III)3Cu(II)8] (Ln = La-Lu): synthesis and magnetostructural studies
Reaction in ethanol of 3-hydroxymethylen-5-methylsalicylaldoxime (H3L) with CuCl2·2H2O and LnCl3·xH2O [Ln = La (1), Ce (2), Pr (3), Nd (4), Eu (5), Gd (6), Tb (7), Dy (8), Er (9), Yb (10), Lu (11), Ho (12)] allowed the synthesis of a family of hendecanuclear heterometallic copper(II)-lanthanide(III)...
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| Published in: | Inorganic chemistry Vol. 52; no. 15; p. 8723 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
05.08.2013
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| ISSN: | 1520-510X |
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| Summary: | Reaction in ethanol of 3-hydroxymethylen-5-methylsalicylaldoxime (H3L) with CuCl2·2H2O and LnCl3·xH2O [Ln = La (1), Ce (2), Pr (3), Nd (4), Eu (5), Gd (6), Tb (7), Dy (8), Er (9), Yb (10), Lu (11), Ho (12)] allowed the synthesis of a family of hendecanuclear heterometallic copper(II)-lanthanide(III) clusters with general formula [Ln(III)3Cu(II)8(HL)6(μ4-O)2Cl6(H2O)8]Cl3 (1-12). According to the single-crystal X-ray diffraction investigation, the complexes are isomorphous and crystallize in the trigonal R32 group. The hendecanuclear cluster is formed by two tetrahedral μ4-oxo {Cu4} clusters assembled by three lanthanide ions sandwiched in between. Along the family, the separation between the {Cu4} moieties increases linearly from Lu to La in good correlation with ionic radius of the lanthanide ions. A comparative analysis of the magnetic data for the lanthanum (1) and lutetium (11) compounds shows the presence of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions within the μ4-oxo {Cu4} moieties. For the gadolinium (6) and terbium (7) compounds, the magnetic interactions between the lanthanide and the copper ions are found to be ferromagnetic. The dysprosium (8) compound exhibits single-molecule magnet behavior. |
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| ISSN: | 1520-510X |
| DOI: | 10.1021/ic4009015 |