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Exploiting complementary ligands for the construction of square antiprismatic monometallic lanthanide SMMs

  • Yushu Jiao
  • , Sidra Sarwar
  • , Sergio Sanz
  • , Jan van Leusen
  • , Natalya V. Izarova
  • , Cameron L. Campbell
  • , Euan K. Brechin
  • , Scott J. Dalgarno
  • , Paul Kögerler

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Abstract

The methylation of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene in the distal 1,3-phenolic sites provides the ligand H2L = {p-tert-butylcalix[4](OMe)2(OH)2arene} that enables construction of heteroleptic mononuclear lanthanide complexes. The reaction of (N(nBu)4)(acac) (Hacac = acetylacetone), MIIICl3 and H2L under Schlenk conditions results in the formation of a family of (N(nBu)4)[MIIIL(acac)2] complexes where M = Y (1), Gd (2), Tb (3) and Dy (4). The metal ions are eight-coordinate in distorted square-antiprismatic coordination geometries, resulting in slow relaxation of the magnetisation for the Tb derivative.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9648-9654
Number of pages7
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume50
Issue number27
Early online date18 Jun 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jul 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Inorganic Chemistry

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