A Mn36Ni4 'loop-of-loops-and-supertetrahedra' aggregate possessing a high S(T) = 26 ± 1 spin ground state

Maria Charalambous; Eleni E Moushi; Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou; Wolfgang Wernsdorfer; Vassilios Nastopoulos; George Christou; Anastasios J Tasiopoulos

doi:10.1039/c2cc30654a

A Mn36Ni4 'loop-of-loops-and-supertetrahedra' aggregate possessing a high S(T) = 26 ± 1 spin ground state

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Jun 4;48(44):5410-2. doi: 10.1039/c2cc30654a. Epub 2012 Apr 5.

Authors

Maria Charalambous¹, Eleni E Moushi, Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Vassilios Nastopoulos, George Christou, Anastasios J Tasiopoulos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus.

PMID: 22476000
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc30654a

Abstract

The initial use of 1,3-propanediol in mixed Mn/3d cluster chemistry has led to a Mn(III)(28)Mn(II)(8)Ni(II)(4) molecular aggregate which consists of two Mn(III)(8)Ni(2) loops and two Mn(III)(6)Mn(II)(4) supertetrahedral units and displays a high ground spin state value S(T) = 26 ± 1.