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The “Building‐Block” Assembly of a [Ni 12 Mn 6 ] Aggregate
Author(s) -
Wu Gang,
Clérac Rodolphe,
Wernsdorfer Wolfgang,
Qiu Shilun,
Anson Christopher E.,
Hewitt Ian J.,
Powell Annie K.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.200600144
Subject(s) - crystallography , nickel , block (permutation group theory) , cluster (spacecraft) , methanol , chemistry , spin density , crystal structure , single crystal , diffraction , materials science , physics , condensed matter physics , combinatorics , mathematics , organic chemistry , computer science , optics , programming language
Reaction of Mn II (bdoa)(H 2 O) 3 with Ni(CH 3 COO) 2 · 3H 2 O in methanol gives a heterometallic cluster, [Ni 12 Mn 6 (bdoa) 6 (O 2 CMe) 12 (μ 3 ‐OMe) 12 (MeOH) 12 ] · 21MeOH, which was structurally characterised by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction and possesses three self‐assembled tetranuclear nickel cubes connected by a Mn II 6 (bdoa) 6 (CH 3 COO) 3 subunit. The magnetic properties were studied in detail and indicate that the compound possesses a high density of spin states with small energy gaps between them. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)