A new class of single-molecule magnet: [Mn9O7(OAc)11(thme)(py)3(H2O)2] with an S = 17/2 ground state

Euan K Brechin; Monica Soler; James Davidson; David N Hendrickson; Simon Parsons; George Christou

doi:10.1039/b206386g

A new class of single-molecule magnet: [Mn9O7(OAc)11(thme)(py)3(H2O)2] with an S = 17/2 ground state

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Oct 7:(19):2252-3. doi: 10.1039/b206386g.

Authors

Euan K Brechin¹, Monica Soler, James Davidson, David N Hendrickson, Simon Parsons, George Christou

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PL. euan.k.brechin@man.ac.uk

PMID: 12398002
DOI: 10.1039/b206386g

Abstract

The reaction of [Mn3O(OAc)6(py)3] with 1,1,1-tris(hydroxymethyl)ethane (H3thme) gives the Mn(IV)3Mn(III)4Mn(II)2 complex [Mn9O7(OAc)11(thme)(py)3(H2O)2], which has an S = 17/2 ground state and displays strong out-of-phase signals in ac susceptibility studies that establish it as a new class of single-molecule magnet.