Syntheses, crystal-solution structures and magnetic properties of a series of decanuclear heterometallic [LnIII2CoII4CoIII4] (Ln = Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy) clusters

  • You Zhu Yu
  • , Yue Qiao Hu
  • , Yu Hua Guo
  • , Yong Sheng Niu
  • , Li Guo Yang
  • , Hai Xiang Song
  • , Yan Hong Shen
  • , Xiao Ming Zheng
  • , Shao Gang Hou
  • , Guo Dong Feng

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Abstract

Four unprecedented decanuclear heterometallic [Ln2CoII4CoIII4] clusters based on a diethanolamine ligand (H2dea), namely [Eu2CoII4CoIII4(dea)8(HCOO)4(OH)2(Cl)2(CH3OH)2]Cl2·4CH3OH·2H2O (1), [Gd2CoII4CoIII4(dea)8(HCOO)4(OH)2(Cl)2(CH3OH)2]Cl2·4CH3OH·2H2O (2), [Tb2CoII4CoIII4(dea)8(HCOO)4(OH)2(Cl)2(CH3OH)2]Cl2·2CH3OH·4H2O (3) and [Dy2CoII4CoIII4(dea)8(HCOO)4(OH)2(Cl)2(CH3OH)2]Cl2·2CH3OH·4H2O (4) were synthesized through a facile solution method. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses reveal that complexes 1-4 consist of a [Ln2CoII4CoIII4] core, which is constructed by bridging a quasi-double cuboidal [Ln2CoII2CoIII2] core with two [CoIICoIII] units. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) using methanol solution reveals that complexes 1-4 are stable in the solution, and the clusters undergo three different substitution reactions (Cl- replaced by OH-, OH- replaced by CH3O- and HCOO- replaced by OH-/CH3O-) at the same time in the ionization state. Magnetic susceptibilities reveal ferromagnetic couplings within complexes 3 and 4, and the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) for 2 was also evaluated and the maximum entropy change (-ΔSm) value reaches 16.3 J kg-1 K-1 at about 3 K and 5 T.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10124-10129
Number of pages6
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume47
Issue number30
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

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