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Asymmetric Ring Opening in a Tetrazine‐Based Ligand Affords a Tetranuclear Opto‐Magnetic Ytterbium Complex
Author(s) -
Richardson Paul,
Marin Riccardo,
Zhang Yixin,
Gabidullin Bulat,
Ovens Jeffrey,
Moilanen Jani O.,
Murugesu Muralee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202003556
Subject(s) - tetrazine , lanthanide , magnetization , chemistry , molecule , luminescence , crystallography , relaxation (psychology) , ligand (biochemistry) , ytterbium , materials science , magnetic field , physics , doping , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , ion , social psychology , psychology , biochemistry , receptor , quantum mechanics
We report the formation of a tetranuclear lanthanide cluster, [Yb 4 (bpzch) 2 (fod) 10 ] ( 1 ), which occurs from a serendipitous ring opening of the functionalised tetrazine bridging ligand, bpztz (3,6‐dipyrazin‐2‐yl‐1,2,4,5‐tetrazine) upon reacting with Yb(fod) 3 (fod − =6,6,7,7,8,8,8‐heptafluoro‐2,2‐dimethyl‐3,5‐octandionate). Compound 1 was structurally elucidated via single‐crystal X‐ray crystallography and subsequently magnetically and spectroscopically characterised to analyse its magnetisation dynamics and its luminescence behaviour. Computational studies validate the observed M J energy levels attained by spectroscopy and provides a clearer picture of the slow relaxation of the magnetisation dynamics and relaxation pathways. These studies demonstrate that 1 acts as a single‐molecule magnet (SMM) under an applied magnetic field in which the relaxation occurs via a combination of Raman, direct, and quantum tunnelling processes, a behaviour further rationalised analysing the luminescent properties. This marks the first lanthanide‐containing molecule that forms by means of an asymmetric tetrazine decomposition.

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