1 CNRS, UPR 8641, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), Equipe Matériaux Moléculaires Magnétiques, 115 avenue du Dr Albert Schweitzer, Pessac, F-33600, France.
In an attempt to develop novel coordination networks of SMMs, a Cu(II) picolinate complex has been used to coordinate S(T) = 9 tetranuclear Mn-based SMMs resulting in an intriguing 2D framework exhibiting a magnet-like behavior at low temperature.