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Mononuclear Dysprosium Alkoxide and Aryloxide Single‐Molecule Magnets
Author(s) -
Parmar Vijay S.,
Mills David P.,
Winpenny Richard E. P.
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.202100085
Subject(s) - alkoxide , dysprosium , lanthanide , chemistry , magnet , crystallography , materials science , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , ion , physics , catalysis , quantum mechanics
Recent studies have shown that mononuclear lanthanide (Ln) complexes can be high‐performing single‐molecule magnets (SMMs). Recently, there has been an influx of mononuclear Ln alkoxide and aryloxide SMMs, which have provided the necessary geometrical control to improve SMM properties and to allow the intricate relaxation dynamics of Ln SMMs to be studied in detail. Here non‐aqueous Ln alkoxide and aryloxide chemistry applied to the synthesis of low‐coordinate mononuclear Ln SMMs are reviewed. The focus is on mononuclear Dy III alkoxide and aryloxide SMMs with coordination numbers up to eight, covering synthesis, solid‐state structures and magnetic attributes. Brief overviews are also provided of mononuclear Tb III , Ho III , Er III and Yb III alkoxide and aryloxide SMMs.