Attempting to understand (and control) the relationship between structure and magnetism in an extended family of Mn(6) single-molecule magnets

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  • Ross Inglis
  • Leigh F Jones
  • Constantinos J Milios
  • Saiti Datta
  • Anna Collins
  • Simon Parsons
  • Wolfgang Wernsdorfer
  • Stephen Hill
  • Spyros P Perlepes
  • Piligkos, Stergios
  • Euan K Brechin
The synthesis and characterisation of a large family of hexametallic [Mn(III)(6)] Single-Molecule Magnets of general formula [Mn(III)(6)O(2)(R-sao)(6)(X)(2)(sol)(4-6)] (where R = H, Me, Et; X = (-)O(2)CR' (R' = H, Me, Ph etc) or Hal(-); sol = EtOH, MeOH and/or H(2)O) are presented. We show how deliberate structural distortions of the [Mn(3)O] trinuclear moieties within the [Mn(6)] complexes are used to tune their magnetic properties. These findings highlight a qualitative magneto-structural correlation whereby the type (anti- or ferromagnetic) of each Mn(2) pairwise magnetic exchange is dominated by the magnitude of each individual Mn-N-O-Mn torsion angle. The observation of magneto-structural correlations on such large polymetallic complexes is rare and represents one of the largest studies of this kind.
Original languageEnglish
JournalDalton Transactions (Print Edition)
Issue number18
Pages (from-to)3403-12
Number of pages9
ISSN1477-9226
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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