TY - JOUR

T1 - X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) study of a methoxide-bridged DyIII-CrIII cluster obtained by fluoride abstraction from cis-[CrIIIF2(phen)2]+

AU - Dreiser, Jan

AU - Pedersen, Kasper Steen

AU - Birk, Torben

AU - Schau-Magnussen, Magnus

AU - Piamonteze, Cinthia

AU - Rusponi, Stefano

AU - Weyhermüller, Thomas

AU - Brune, Harald

AU - Nolting, Frithjof

AU - Bendix, Jesper

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - An isostructural series of dinuclear chromium(III)-lanthanide(III) clusters is formed by fluoride abstraction of cis-[CrF(2)(phen)(2)](+) by Ln(3+) resulting in LnF(3) and methoxide-bridged Cr-Ln clusters (Ln = Nd (1), Tb (2), Dy (3)) of formula [Cr(III)(phen)(2)(µ-MeO)(2)Ln(NO(3))(4)]·xMeOH (x = 2-2.73). In contrast to fluoride, methoxide bridges in a nonlinear fashion, which facilitates chelation. For 3, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) provides element-specific magnetization curves that are compared to cluster magnetization and susceptibility data acquired by SQUID magnetometry. The combination of XMCD and SQUID is able to resolve very small magnetic coupling values and reveals a weak Cr(III)-Dy(III) coupling of j = -0.04(3) cm(-1). The Dy(III) ion has a ground-state Kramers doublet of m(J) = ±13/2, and the first excited doublet is found to be m(J) = ±11/2 at an energy of d = 57(21) cm(-1). The Cr(III) ion exhibits a uniaxial anisotropy of D(Cr) = -1.7(1.0) cm(-1). Further, we observe that a weak anisotropic coupling of dipolar origin is sufficient to model the data, suggesting that methoxide bridges do not play a significant role in the magnetic coupling for the present systems.

AB - An isostructural series of dinuclear chromium(III)-lanthanide(III) clusters is formed by fluoride abstraction of cis-[CrF(2)(phen)(2)](+) by Ln(3+) resulting in LnF(3) and methoxide-bridged Cr-Ln clusters (Ln = Nd (1), Tb (2), Dy (3)) of formula [Cr(III)(phen)(2)(µ-MeO)(2)Ln(NO(3))(4)]·xMeOH (x = 2-2.73). In contrast to fluoride, methoxide bridges in a nonlinear fashion, which facilitates chelation. For 3, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) provides element-specific magnetization curves that are compared to cluster magnetization and susceptibility data acquired by SQUID magnetometry. The combination of XMCD and SQUID is able to resolve very small magnetic coupling values and reveals a weak Cr(III)-Dy(III) coupling of j = -0.04(3) cm(-1). The Dy(III) ion has a ground-state Kramers doublet of m(J) = ±13/2, and the first excited doublet is found to be m(J) = ±11/2 at an energy of d = 57(21) cm(-1). The Cr(III) ion exhibits a uniaxial anisotropy of D(Cr) = -1.7(1.0) cm(-1). Further, we observe that a weak anisotropic coupling of dipolar origin is sufficient to model the data, suggesting that methoxide bridges do not play a significant role in the magnetic coupling for the present systems.

U2 - 10.1021/jp303512a

DO - 10.1021/jp303512a

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 22788870

VL - 116

SP - 7842

EP - 7847

JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment and General Theory

JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment and General Theory

SN - 1089-5639

IS - 30

ER -