A π-π 3D network of tetranuclear μ2/μ3-carbonato Dy(III) bis-pyrazolylpyridine clusters showing single molecule magnetism features

Ian A Gass; Boujemaa Moubaraki; Stuart K Langley; Stuart R Batten; Keith S Murray

doi:10.1039/c2cc16946k

A π-π 3D network of tetranuclear μ2/μ3-carbonato Dy(III) bis-pyrazolylpyridine clusters showing single molecule magnetism features

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Feb 18;48(15):2089-91. doi: 10.1039/c2cc16946k. Epub 2012 Jan 12.

Authors

Ian A Gass¹, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Stuart K Langley, Stuart R Batten, Keith S Murray

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.

PMID: 22241549
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc16946k

Abstract

2,6-Di(pyrazole-3-yl)pyridine, 3-bpp, forms a porous (4(9)·6(6)) π-π mediated 3D network of trigonal pyramidal [Dy(III)(4)] carbonato-bridged complexes, with hexagonal channels comprising 54% of the unit cell volume, the material displaying slow magnetisation reversal.