From pseudo to true C3 symmetry: Magnetic anisotropy enhanced by site-specific ligand substitution in two Mn15-carboxylate clusters

  • Yan Zhen Zheng
  • , Wei Xue
  • , Wei Xiong Zhang
  • , Ming Liang Tong
  • , Xiao Ming Chen

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Abstract

Two new mixed-valence manganese-carboxylate clusters, [Mn III9MnIV6(O2CPh) 123-O)13(μ-O)4(μ-OMe) 5(MeOH)4(H2O)5]2· 1.5PhCO2H·MeOH·6H2O (1, PhCO2H = benzoic acid) and [MnIII9MnIV 6(O2CCh)123-O) 13(μ-O)4(μ-OMe)5(MeOH)3(H 2O)6]·0.5MeOH·2.5H2O (2, ChCO2H= cyclohexanecarboxylic acid) contain new disklike Mn 15 cores. Both 1 and 2 can be synthesized by the conventional manganese redox reaction (MnO4- oxidizing Mn2+) in methanol solution. 2 can be also synthesized via the site-specific ligand substitution reaction from 1. 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1, whereas 2 crystallizes in the trigonal space group P3. Magnetic study shows that both 1 and 2 have the same ground spin states ST = 2. Compared to the silence of the out-of-phase ac susceptibility of 1, 2 shows clearly slow magnetic relaxation behavior above 1.8 K due to the dramatically enhanced axial magnetic anisotropy (D = -0.89 and -1.58 cm-1 for 1 and 2, respectively, which was obtained by fitting the plots of M vs H/T with the program ANISOFIT 2.0).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6437-6443
Number of pages7
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume46
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Aug 2007
Externally publishedYes

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