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Gigli L, Silva JM, Cerofolini L, Macedo AL, Geraldes CFGC, Suturina EA, Calderone V, Fragai M, Parigi G, Ravera E, Luchinat C. Machine Learning-Enhanced Quantum Chemistry-Assisted Refinement of the Active Site Structure of Metalloproteins. Inorg Chem 2024. [PMID: 38805564 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
Abstract
Understanding the fine structural details of inhibitor binding at the active site of metalloenzymes can have a profound impact on the rational drug design targeted to this broad class of biomolecules. Structural techniques such as NMR, cryo-EM, and X-ray crystallography can provide bond lengths and angles, but the uncertainties in these measurements can be as large as the range of values that have been observed for these quantities in all the published structures. This uncertainty is far too large to allow for reliable calculations at the quantum chemical (QC) levels for developing precise structure-activity relationships or for improving the energetic considerations in protein-inhibitor studies. Therefore, the need arises to rely upon computational methods to refine the active site structures well beyond the resolution obtained with routine application of structural methods. In a recent paper, we have shown that it is possible to refine the active site of cobalt(II)-substituted MMP12, a metalloprotein that is a relevant drug target, by matching to the experimental pseudocontact shifts (PCS) those calculated using multireference ab initio QC methods. The computational cost of this methodology becomes a significant bottleneck when the starting structure is not sufficiently close to the final one, which is often the case with biomolecular structures. To tackle this problem, we have developed an approach based on a neural network (NN) and a support vector regression (SVR) and applied it to the refinement of the active site structure of oxalate-inhibited human carbonic anhydrase 2 (hCAII), another prototypical metalloprotein target. The refined structure gives a remarkably good agreement between the QC-calculated and the experimental PCS. This study not only contributes to the knowledge of CAII but also demonstrates the utility of combining machine learning (ML) algorithms with QC calculations, offering a promising avenue for investigating other drug targets and complex biological systems in general.
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- Lucia Gigli
- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- UCIBIO, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- UCIBIO, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Associate Laboratory i4HB─Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, 3000-393 Coimbra, Portugal
- Coimbra Chemistry Center─Institute of Molecular Sciences (CCC-IMS), University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Florence Data Science, University of Florence, Florence 50134, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
- Giotto Biotech, S.R.L., Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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Corner S, Gransbury GK, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Whitehead GFS, Chilton NF, Mills DP. Halobenzene Adducts of a Dysprosocenium Single-Molecule Magnet. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:9552-9561. [PMID: 38359351 PMCID: PMC11134494 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Dysprosium complexes with strong axial crystal fields are promising candidates for single-molecule magnets (SMMs), which could be used for high-density data storage. Isolated dysprosocenium cations, [Dy(CpR)2]+ (CpR = substituted cyclopentadienyl), have recently shown magnetic hysteresis (a memory effect) above the temperature of liquid nitrogen. Synthetic efforts have focused on reducing strong transverse ligand fields in these systems as they are known to enhance magnetic relaxation by spin-phonon mechanisms. Here we show that equatorial coordination of the halobenzenes PhX (X = F, Cl, Br) and o-C6H4F2 to the cation of a recently reported dysprosocenium complex [Dy(Cpttt)(Cp*)][Al{OC(CF3)3}4] (Cpttt = C5H2tBu3-1,2,4; Cp* = C5Me5) reduces magnetic hysteresis temperatures compared to that of the parent cation. We find that this is due to increased effectiveness of both one- (Orbach) and two-phonon (Raman) relaxation mechanisms, which correlate with the electronegativity and number of interactions with the halide despite κ1-coordination of a single halobenzene having a minimal effect on the metrical parameters of [Dy(Cpttt)(Cp*)(PhX-κ1-X)]+ cations vs the isolated [Dy(Cpttt)(Cp*)]+ cation. We observe unusual divergent behavior of relaxation rates at low temperatures in [Dy(Cpttt)(Cp*)(PhX)][Al{OC(CF3)3}4], which we attribute to a phonon bottleneck effect. We find that, despite the transverse fields introduced by the monohalobenzenes in these cations, the interactions are sufficiently weak that the effective barriers to magnetization reversal remain above 1000 cm-1, being only ca. 100 cm-1 lower than for the parent complex, [Dy(Cpttt)(Cp*)][Al{OC(CF3)3}4].
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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Nain S, Mukhopadhyaya A, Ali ME. Unravelling the Highest Magnetic Anisotropy Among all the nd-Shells in [WCp2]0 Metallocene. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:7401-7411. [PMID: 38578709 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) with a large magnetization reversal barrier are predominated by the lanthanide systems due to their strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC). However, the transition metals have also emerged as potential contenders and the largest magnetic anisotropy has been identified for a cobalt system among any d-series-based SMMs (Bunting et al. Science 2018, 362, eaat7319). In this work, we have explored the magnetic anisotropy in highly axial ligand field systems of metallocene, having different d-subshell (3d4, 4d4, and 5d4). The wave function-based multireference methods including static and dynamic electron correlations have been employed to investigate the zero-field splitting (ZFS) parameters. Here, we report exceptionally large magnetic anisotropy for a 5d complex of [WCp2]0 with the highest energy barrier that is nearly twice as high as the previous record value for the Co complex. We have also observed that the axial ZFS parameter (D) is increasing down the group in the order of 3d < 4d < 5d, pertaining to a large SOC.
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- Sakshi Nain
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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Hruska E, Zhu Q, Biswas S, Fortunato MT, Broderick DR, Morales CM, Herbert JM, Turro C, Baker LR. Water-Mediated Charge Transfer and Electron Localization in a Co 3Fe 2 Cyanide-Bridged Trigonal Bipyramidal Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:8031-8042. [PMID: 38478877 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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The effects of temperature and chemical environment on a pentanuclear cyanide-bridged, trigonal bipyramidal molecular paramagnet have been investigated. Using element- and oxidation state-specific near-ambient pressure X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (NAP-XPS) to probe charge transfer and second order, nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy, which is sensitive to symmetry changes based on charge (de)localization coupled with DFT, a detailed picture of environmental effects on charge-transfer-induced spin transitions is presented. The molecular cluster, Co3Fe2(tmphen)6(μ-CN)6(t-CN)6, abbrev. Co3Fe2, shows changes in electronic behavior depending on the chemical environment. NAP-XPS shows that temperature changes induce a metal-to-metal charge transfer (MMCT) in Co3Fe2 between a Co and Fe center, while cycling between ultrahigh vacuum and 2 mbar of water at constant temperature causes oxidation state changes not fully captured by the MMCT picture. Sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) probes the role of the cyanide ligand, which controls the electron (de)localization via the superexchange coupling. Spectral shifts and intensity changes indicate a change from a charge delocalized, Robin-Day class II/III high spin state to a charge-localized, class I low spin state consistent with DFT. In the presence of a H-bonding solvent, the complex adopts a localized electronic structure, while removal of the solvent delocalizes the charges and drives an MMCT. This change in Robin-Day classification of the complex as a function of chemical environment results in reversible switching of the dipole moment, analogous to molecular multiferroics. These results illustrate the important role of the chemical environment and solvation on underlying charge and spin transitions in this and related complexes.
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- Emily Hruska
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Mount Union, Alliance, Ohio 44601, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Hand AT, Watson-Sanders BD, Xue ZL. Spectroscopic techniques to probe magnetic anisotropy and spin-phonon coupling in metal complexes. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:4390-4405. [PMID: 38380640 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03609j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Magnetism of molecular quantum materials such as single-molecule magnets (SMMs) has been actively studied for potential applications in the new generation of high-density data storage using SMMs and quantum information science. Magnetic anisotropy and spin-phonon coupling are two key properties of d- and f-metal complexes. Here, phonons refer to both intermolecular and intramolecular vibrations. Direct determination of magnetic anisotropy and experimental studies of spin-phonon coupling are critical to the understanding of molecular magnetism. This article discusses our recent approach in using three complementary techniques, far-IR and Raman magneto-spectroscopies (FIRMS and RaMS, respectively) and inelastic neutron scatterings (INS), to determine magnetic excited states. Spin-phonon couplings are observed in FIRMS and RaMS. DFT phonon calculations give energies and symmetries of phonons as well as calculated INS spectra which help identify magnetic peaks in experimental INS spectra.
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- Adam T Hand
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
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Liu D, Guo X, Zhang X, Al-Kahtani AA, Chibotaru LF. Building Molecular Nanomagnets by Encapsulating Lanthanide Ions in Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Ab Initio Investigation. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:3769-3780. [PMID: 38346334 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Lanthanide-based single-ion magnets have attracted much interest due to their great potential for information storage at the level of one molecule. Among various strategies to enhance magnetization blocking in such complexes, the synthesis of axially symmetric compounds is regarded as the most promising. Here, we investigate theoretically the magnetization blocking of several lanthanide ions (Tb3+, Dy3+, Ho3+, Er3+, and Tm3+) encapsulated in highly symmetric zigzag boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) of different diameters with ab initio methodology. We found that Tb3+@(7,0)BNNT, Dy3+@(7,0)BNNT, and Tm3+@(5,0)BNNT are suitable SIM candidates, while the other investigated complexes from this series show no signs of magnetization blocking owing to a hard competition between contributions to the crystal field of the lanthanide ion from neighboring and more distant atoms of the nanotube.
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- Dan Liu
- School of Sciences, Great Bay University, Dongguan 523000, China
- Great Bay Institute for Advanced Study, Dongguan 523000, China
- Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
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- School of Sciences, Great Bay University, Dongguan 523000, China
- Great Bay Institute for Advanced Study, Dongguan 523000, China
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Theory of Nanomaterials Group, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven B-3001, Belgium
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Emerson-King J, Gransbury GK, Whitehead GFS, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Rouzières M, Clérac R, Chilton NF, Mills DP. Isolation of a Bent Dysprosium Bis(amide) Single-Molecule Magnet. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:3331-3342. [PMID: 38282511 PMCID: PMC10859956 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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The isolation of formally two-coordinate lanthanide (Ln) complexes is synthetically challenging, due to predominantly ionic Ln bonding regimes favoring high coordination numbers. In 2015, it was predicted that a near-linear dysprosium bis(amide) cation [Dy{N(SiiPr3)2}2]+ could provide a single-molecule magnet (SMM) with an energy barrier to magnetic reversal (Ueff) of up to 2600 K, a 3-fold increase of the record Ueff for a Dy SMM at the time; this work showed a potential route to SMMs that can provide high-density data storage at higher temperatures. However, synthetic routes to a Dy complex containing only two monodentate ligands have not previously been realized. Here, we report the synthesis of the target bent dysprosium bis(amide) complex, [Dy{N(SiiPr3)2}2][Al{OC(CF3)3}4] (1-Dy), together with the diamagnetic yttrium analogue. We find Ueff = 950 ± 30 K for 1-Dy, which is much lower than the predicted values for idealized linear two-coordinate Dy(III) cations. Ab initio calculations of the static electronic structure disagree with the experimentally determined height of the Ueff barrier, thus magnetic relaxation is faster than expected based on magnetic anisotropy alone. We propose that this is due to enhanced spin-phonon coupling arising from the flexibility of the Dy coordination sphere, in accord with ligand vibrations being of equal importance to magnetic anisotropy in the design of high-temperature SMMs.
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- Jack Emerson-King
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
- Research
School of Chemistry, The Australian National
University, Sullivans
Creek Road, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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Vieru V, Gómez-Coca S, Ruiz E, Chibotaru LF. Increasing the Magnetic Blocking Temperature of Single-Molecule Magnets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202303146. [PMID: 37539652 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202303146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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The synthesis of single-molecule magnets (SMMs), magnetic complexes capable of retaining magnetization blocking for a long time at elevated temperatures, has been a major concern for magnetochemists over the last three decades. In this review, we describe basic SMMs and the different approaches that allow high magnetization-blocking temperatures to be reached. We focus on the basic factors affecting magnetization blocking, magnetic axiality and the height of the blocking barrier, which can be used to group different families of complexes in terms of their SMM efficiency. Finally, we discuss several practical routes for the design of mono- and polynuclear complexes that could be applied in memory devices.
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- Veacheslav Vieru
- Maastricht Science Programme, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, 6229 EN, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Theory of Nanomaterials Group, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Liu N, Jiang J, Chen Z, Wu B, Zhang S, Zhang YQ, Cheng P, Shi W. Promoted Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Tuning the Electronic State of Copper Sites in Metal-Organic Supramolecular Assemblies. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202312306. [PMID: 37755067 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202312306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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The electronic state in terms of charge and spin of metal sites is fundamental to govern the catalytic activity of a photocatalyst. Herein, we show that modulation of the electronic states of Cu sites, without changing the coordination environments, of two metal-organic supramolecular assemblies based on π⋅⋅⋅π stacking can significantly improve photocatalytic activity. The use of these heterogeneous photocatalysts, without using noble metal cocatalysts, resulted in an increase of the hydrogen production rate from 522 to 3620 μmol h-1 g-1 . A systematical analysis revealed that the charge density and spin density of the metal centers are efficiently modulated via the modulation of the coordination fields around active copper (II) centers by the variation of the non-coordination groups of terminal ligands, leading to the significant enhancement of photocatalytic activity. This work provides an insight into the electronic state of active metal centers for designing high-performance photocatalysts.
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- Ning Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter and Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter and Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter and Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter and Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter and Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter and Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (MOE), Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter and Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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Dergachev VD, Nakritskaia DD, Alexeev Y, Gaita-Ariño A, Varganov SA. Analytical nonadiabatic coupling and state-specific energy gradient for the crystal field Hamiltonian describing lanthanide single-ion magnets. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:184111. [PMID: 37962443 DOI: 10.1063/5.0168996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Paramagnetic molecules with a metal ion as an electron spin center are promising building blocks for molecular qubits and high-density memory arrays. However, fast spin relaxation and decoherence in these molecules lead to a rapid loss of magnetization and quantum information. Nonadiabatic coupling (NAC), closely related to spin-vibrational coupling, is the main source of spin relaxation and decoherence in paramagnetic molecules at higher temperatures. Predicting these couplings using numerical differentiation requires a large number of computationally intensive ab initio or crystal field electronic structure calculations. To reduce computational cost and improve accuracy, we derive and implement analytical NAC and state-specific energy gradient for the ab initio parametrized crystal field Hamiltonian describing single-ion molecular magnets. Our implementation requires only a single crystal field calculation. In addition, the accurate NACs and state-specific energy gradients can be used to model spin relaxation using sophisticated nonadiabatic molecular dynamics, which avoids the harmonic approximation for molecular vibrations. To test our implementation, we calculate the NAC values for three lanthanide complexes. The predicted values support the relaxation mechanisms reported in previous studies.
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- Vsevolod D Dergachev
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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- Computational Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universidad de Valencia, c/Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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Tarannum I, Moorthy S, Singh SK. Understanding electrostatics and covalency effects in highly anisotropic organometallic sandwich dysprosium complexes [Dy(C mR m) 2] (where R = H, SiH 3, CH 3 and m = 4 to 9): a computational perspective. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:15576-15589. [PMID: 37786345 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01646c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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In this article, we have thoroughly studied the electronic structure and 4f-ligand covalency of six mononuclear dysprosium organometallic sandwich complexes [Dy(CmRm)2]n+/- (where R = H, SiH3, CH3; m = 4 to 9; n = 1, 3) using both the scalar relativistic density functional and complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) and N-electron valence perturbation theory (NEVPT2) method to shed light on the ligand field effects in fine-tuning the magnetic anisotropy of these complexes. Energy decomposition analysis (EDA) and ab initio-based ligand field theory AILFT calculations predict the sizable 4f-ligand covalency in all these complexes. The analysis of CASSCF/NEVPT2 computed spin-Hamiltonian (SH) parameters indicates the stabilization of mJ |±15/2〉 for [Dy(C4(SiH3)4)2]- (1), [Dy(C5(CH3)5)2]+ (2) and [Dy(C6H6)2]3+ (3) complexes with the Ucal value of 1867.5, 1621.5 and 1070.8 cm-1, respectively. On the other hand, we observed mJ |±9/2〉 as the ground state for [Dy(C7H7)2]3- (4) and [Dy(C8H8)2]- (5) complexes with significantly smaller Ucal values of 237.1 and 38.6 cm-1 respectively. For the nine-membered ring [Dy(C9H9)2]+ (6) complex, we observed the stabilization of the mJ |±1/2〉 ground state, with the first excited state being located ∼29 cm-1 higher in energy. AILFT-NEVPT2 ligand field splitting analysis indicates that the presence of π-type 4f-ligand interactions in complexes 1-3 help generate the axial-ligand field, while the δ-type interactions in complexes 4-5 generate the equatorial ligand field despite the ligands approaching from the axial direction. As the ring size increases, φ-type interactions dominate, generating a pure equatorial ligand field stabilising mJ |±1/2〉 as the ground state for 6. Calculations suggest that the nature of the ligand field mainly governs the Ucal values in the following order: 4f-Lσ > 4f-Lπ > 4f-Lδ > 4f-Lφ. Calculations were performed by replacing ligands with CHELPG charges to access the crystal field (CF) effects which suggests the stabilization of pure mJ |±15/2〉 in all the charge-embedded models (1Q-6Q). Our findings point out that the crystal field and ligand field effects complement each other and generate a giant barrier for magnetic relaxation in the small ring complexes 1-3, while a relatively weak crystal field and adverse 4f-Lδ/4f-Lφ interactions diminish the SMM behaviour in the large ring complexes 4-6.
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- Ibtesham Tarannum
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana, 502285, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana, 502285, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana, 502285, India.
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Kotrle K, Atanasov M, Neese F, Herchel R. Theoretical Magnetic Relaxation and Spin-Phonon Coupling Study in a Series of Molecular Engineering Designed Bridged Dysprosocenium Analogues. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:17499-17509. [PMID: 37812145 PMCID: PMC10598879 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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A detailed computational study of hypothetical sandwich dysprosium double-decker complexes, bridged by various numbers of aliphatic linkers, was performed to evaluate the effect of the structural modifications on their ground-state magnetic sublevels and assess their potential as candidates for single-molecule magnets (SMMs). The molecular structures of seven complexes were optimized using the TPSSh functional, and the electronic structure and magnetic properties were investigated using the complete active space self-consistent field method (CASSCF). Estimates of the magnetic moment blocking barrier (Ueff) and blocking temperatures (TB) are reported. In addition, a new method based on computed derivatives of effective demagnetization barriers Ueff with respect to vibrational normal modes was introduced and applied to evaluate the impact of spin-phonon coupling on the SMM properties. On the basis of the computed parameters, we have identified promising candidates with properties superior to those of the existing single-molecule magnets.
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- Kamil Kotrle
- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc CZ-77146, Czech Republic
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr D-45470, Germany
- Institute
of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr D-45470, Germany
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc CZ-77146, Czech Republic
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Gransbury G, Corner SC, Kragskow JGC, Evans P, Yeung HM, Blackmore WJA, Whitehead GFS, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Oakley MS, Chilton NF, Mills DP. AtomAccess: A Predictive Tool for Molecular Design and Its Application to the Targeted Synthesis of Dysprosium Single-Molecule Magnets. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:22814-22825. [PMID: 37797311 PMCID: PMC10591469 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Isolated dysprosocenium cations, [Dy(CpR)2]+ (CpR = substituted cyclopentadienyl), have recently been shown to exhibit superior single-molecule magnet (SMM) properties over closely related complexes with equatorially bound ligands. However, gauging the crossover point at which the CpR substituents are large enough to prevent equatorial ligand binding, but small enough to approach the metal closely and generate strong crystal field splitting has required laborious synthetic optimization. We therefore created the computer program AtomAccess to predict the accessibility of a metal binding site and its ability to accommodate additional ligands. Here, we apply AtomAccess to identify the crossover point for equatorial coordination in [Dy(CpR)2]+ cations in silico and hence predict a cation that is at the cusp of stability without equatorial interactions, viz., [Dy(Cpttt)(Cp*)]+ (Cpttt = C5H2tBu3-1,2,4, Cp* = C5Me5). Upon synthesizing this cation, we found that it crystallizes as either a contact ion-pair, [Dy(Cpttt)(Cp*){Al[OC(CF3)3]4-κ-F}], or separated ion-pair polymorph, [Dy(Cpttt)(Cp*)][Al{OC(CF3)3}4]·C6H6. Upon characterizing these complexes, together with their precursors, yttrium and yttrium-doped analogues, we find that the contact ion-pair shows inferior SMM properties to the separated ion-pair, as expected, due to faster Raman and quantum tunneling of magnetization relaxation processes, while the Orbach region is relatively unaffected. The experimental verification of the predicted crossover point for equatorial coordination in this work tests the limitations of the use of AtomAccess as a predictive tool and also indicates that the application of this type of program shows considerable potential to boost efficiency in exploratory synthetic chemistry.
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- Department of Chemistry, The
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department of Chemistry, The
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department of Chemistry, The
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department of Chemistry, The
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department of Chemistry, The
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department of Chemistry, The
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department of Chemistry, The
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department of Chemistry, The
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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Ma XF, Zeng D, Xu C, Bao SS, Zheng LM. Layered lanthanide phosphonates Ln(2-qpH)(SO 4)(H 2O) 2 (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm): polymorphism and magnetic properties. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:11913-11921. [PMID: 37563974 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01698f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Polymorphic layered lanthanide coordination polymers provide opportunities to study the effect of intralayer and interlayer interactions on their magnetic dynamics. Herein we report a series of layered lanthanide phosphonates, namely, α-Ln(2-qpH)(SO4)(H2O)2 (Ln = Sm) (α-Ln), β-Ln(2-qpH)(SO4)(H2O)2 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Sm) (β-Ln) and γ-Ln(2-qpH)(SO4)(H2O)2 (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm) (γ-Ln) (2-qpH2 = 2-quinolinephosphonic acid), which crystallize in monoclinic P21/c (α-Ln), triclinic P1̄ (β-Ln) and orthorhombic Pbca (γ-Ln) space groups, respectively. The structural differences between the β- and γ-phases lie not only in the intralayer but also in the interlayer. Within the layers, the Ln2O2 dimers are aligned parallel in the β-phase, but are non-parallel in the γ-phase. In the interlayer, there are π-π interactions between the quinoline groups in the α- and β-phases but not in the γ-phase. Magnetic studies reveal a field-induced slow relaxation of the magnetisation at low temperatures for compounds γ-Ce, β-Nd, and γ-Nd, and the impact of polymorphism on the magnetic dynamics of Nd(III) compounds is discussed.
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- Xiu-Fang Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
- College of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
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Zanella S, Aragon-Alberti M, Brite CDS, Salles F, Carlos LD, Long J. Luminescent Single-Molecule Magnets as Dual Magneto-Optical Molecular Thermometers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306970. [PMID: 37418512 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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Luminescent thermometry allows the remote detection of the temperature and holds great potential in future technological applications in which conventional systems could not operate. Complementary approaches to measuring the temperature aiming to enhance the thermal sensitivity would however represent a decisive step forward. For the first time, we demonstrate the proof-of-concept that luminescence thermometry could be associated with a complementary temperature readout related to a different property. Namely, we propose to take advantage of the temperature dependence of both magnetic (canonical susceptibility and relaxation time) and luminescence features (emission intensity) found in Single-Molecule Magnets (SMM) to develop original dual magneto-optical molecular thermometers to conciliate high-performance SMM and Boltzmann-type luminescence thermometry. We highlight this integrative approach to concurrent luminescent and magnetic thermometry using an air-stable benchmark SMM [Dy(bbpen)Cl] (H2 bbpen=N,N'-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)-N,N'-bis(2-methylpyridyl)ethyl-enediamine)) exhibiting Dy3+ luminescence. The synergy between multiparametric magneto-optical readouts and multiple linear regression makes possible a 10-fold improvement in the relative thermal sensitivity of the thermometer over the whole temperature range, compared with the values obtained with the single optical or magnetic devices.
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- Sofia Zanella
- Phantom-g, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Physics Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Phantom-g, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Physics Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- Phantom-g, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Physics Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, (IUF), 1 rue Descartes, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France
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Liu D, Guo X, Zhang X, Al-Kahtani AA, Chibotaru LF. Single-ion magnet behavior of Ln 3+ encapsulated in carbon nanotubes: an ab initio insight. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:11243-11253. [PMID: 37526195 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01233f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) have attracted large interest owing to their capability to store information at the level of a single molecule, which has great potential for applications in information technology. The key characteristic required for SMM performance is the magnetization blocking barrier, and in the last decade, impressive efforts have been made to increase its height. Herein, we report an ab initio investigation of the SMM behavior of a series of lanthanide ions (Tb3+, Dy3+, Ho3+, Er3+, Tm3+ and Yb3+) encapsulated in zigzag carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of different diameters. The results show that despite the high symmetry of the Ln environment, none of the investigated systems, except for Er3+ encapsulated in the (7,0) CNT, exhibited any blocking behavior. This is mainly attributed to the strong competition between axial and equatorial contributions to the crystal field of these encapsulated ions, resulting in weak or lack of magnetic axiality. The presented results provide useful theoretical guidance for the design of high-performance SMMs via modulating the crystal field of the ligand environment.
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- Dan Liu
- Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072 Shaanxi, China.
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072 Shaanxi, China.
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- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Theory of Nanomaterials Group, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven B-3001, Belgium.
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Yang QQ, Wang YF, Wang YX, Tang MJ, Yin B. Ab initio prediction of key parameters and magneto-structural correlation of tetracoordinated lanthanide single-ion magnets. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023. [PMID: 37401358 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01766d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) have great potential in becoming revolutionary materials for micro-electronic devices. As one type of SMM and holding the performance record, lanthanide single-ion magnets (Ln-SIMs) stand at the forefront of the family. Lowering the coordination number (CN) is an important strategy to improve the performance of Ln-SIMs. Here, we report a theoretical study on a typical group of low-CN Ln-SIMs, i.e., tetracoordinated structures. Our results are consistent with those of experiments and they identify the same three best Ln-SIMs via a concise criterion, i.e., the co-existence of long τQTM and high Ueff. Compared to the record-holding dysprosocenium systems, the best SIMs here possess τQTM values that are shorter by several orders of magnitude and Ueff values that are lower by ∼1000 Kelvin (K). These are important reasons for the fact that the tetracoordinated Ln-SIMs are clearly inferior to dysprosocenium. A simple but intuitive crystal-field analysis leads to several routes to improve the performance of a given Ln-SIM, including compression of the axial bond length, widening the axial bond angle, elongation of the equatorial bond length and usage of weaker equatorial donor ligands. Although these routes are not brand-new, the most efficient option and the degree of improvement resulting from it are not known in advance. Consequently, a theoretical magneto-structural study, covering various routes, is carried out for the best Ln-SIM here and the most efficient route is shown to be widening the axial ∠O-Dy-O angle. The most optimistic case, having a ∠O-Dy-O of 180°, could have a τQTM (up to 103 s) and Ueff (∼2400 K) close to those of the record-holders. Subsequently, a blocking temperature (TB) of 64 K is predicted to be possible for it. A more practical case, with ∠O-Dy-O being 160°, could have a τQTM of up to 400 s, Ueff of around 2200 K and the possibility of a TB of 57 K. Although having an inherent precision limit, these predictions provide a guide to performance improvement, starting from an existing system.
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- Qi-Qi Yang
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, Lab of Theoretical Molecular Magnetism (LTMM), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, Lab of Theoretical Molecular Magnetism (LTMM), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, Lab of Theoretical Molecular Magnetism (LTMM), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, Lab of Theoretical Molecular Magnetism (LTMM), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, Lab of Theoretical Molecular Magnetism (LTMM), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.
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Joshi S, Roy Chowdhury S, Mishra S. Spin-state energetics and magnetic anisotropy in penta-coordinated Fe(III) complexes with different axial and equatorial ligand environments. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023. [PMID: 37367302 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02182c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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The penta-coordinated trigonal-bi-pyramidal (TBP) Fe(III) complex (PMe2Ph)2FeCl3 shows a reduced magnetic anisotropy in its intermediate-spin (IS) state as compared to its methyl-analog (PMe3)2Fe(III)Cl3. In this work, the ligand environment in (PMe2Ph)2FeCl3 is systematically altered by replacing the axial -P with -N and -As, the equatorial -Cl with other halides, and the axial methyl group with an acetyl group. This has resulted in a series of Fe(III) TBP complexes modelled in their IS and high-spin (HS) states. Lighter ligands -N and -F stabilize the complex in the HS state, while the magnetically anisotropic IS state is stabilized by -P and -As at the axial site, and -Cl, -Br, and -I at the equatorial site. Larger magnetic anisotropies appear for complexes with nearly degenerate ground electronic states that are well separated from the higher excited states. This requirement, largely controlled by the d-orbital splitting pattern due to the changing ligand field, is achieved with a certain combination of axial and equatorial ligands, such as -P and -Br, -As and -Br, and -As and -I. In most cases, the acetyl group at the axial site enhances the magnetic anisotropy compared to its methyl counterpart. In contrast, the presence of -I at the equatorial site compromises the uniaxial type of anisotropy of the Fe(III) complex leading to an enhanced rate of quantum tunneling of magnetization.
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- Shalini Joshi
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.
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Yang K, Sun R, Zhao J, Deng C, Wang B, Gao S, Huang W. A Combined Synthetic, Magnetic, and Theoretical Study on Enhancing Ligand-Field Axiality for Dy(III) Single-Molecule Magnets Supported by Ferrocene Diamide Ligands. Inorg Chem 2023. [PMID: 37311100 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Molecular design is crucial for improving the performance of single-molecule magnets (SMMs). For dysprosium(III) SMMs, enhancing ligand-field axiality is a well-suited strategy to achieve high-performance SMMs. We synthesized a series of dysprosium(III) complexes, (NNTIPS)DyBr(THF)2 (1, NNTIPS = fc(NSiiPr3)2; fc = 1,1'-ferrocenediyl, THF = tetrahydrofuran), [(NNTIPS)Dy(THF)3][BPh4] (2), (NNTIPS)DyI(THF)2 (3), and [(NNTBS)Dy(THF)3][BPh4] (4, NNTBS = fc(NSitBuMe2)2), supported by ferrocene diamide ligands. X-ray crystallography shows that the rigid ferrocene backbone enforces a nearly axial ligand field with weakly coordinating equatorial ligands. Dysprosium(III) complexes 1-4 all exhibit slow magnetic relaxation under zero fields and possess high effective barriers (Ueff) around 1000 K, comparable to previously reported (NNTBS)DyI(THF)2 (5). We probed the influences of structural variations on SMM behaviors by theoretical calculations and found that the distribution of negative charges defined by rq, i.e., the ratio of the charges on the axial ligands to the charges on the equatorial ligands, plays a decisive role. Moreover, theoretical calculations on a series of model complexes 1'-5' without equatorial ligands unveil that the axial crystal-field parameters B20 are directly proportional to the N-Dy-N angles and support the hypothesis that enhancing the ligand-field axiality could improve SMM performance.
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- Kexin Yang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
- Spin-X Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Magnetic Functional Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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Errulat D, Harriman KLM, Gálico DA, Kitos AA, Mansikkamäki A, Murugesu M. A trivalent 4f complex with two bis-silylamide ligands displaying slow magnetic relaxation. Nat Chem 2023:10.1038/s41557-023-01208-y. [PMID: 37231297 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01208-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The best-performing single-molecule magnets (SMMs) have historically relied on pseudoaxial ligands delocalized across several coordinated atoms. This coordination environment has been found to elicit strong magnetic anisotropy, but lanthanide-based SMMs with low coordination numbers have remained synthetically elusive species. Here we report a cationic 4f complex bearing only two bis-silylamide ligands, Yb(III)[{N(SiMePh2)2}2][Al{OC(CF3)3}4], which exhibits slow relaxation of its magnetization. The combination of the bulky silylamide ligands and weakly coordinating [Al{OC(CF3)3}4]- anion provides a sterically hindered environment that suitably stabilizes the pseudotrigonal geometry necessary to elicit strong ground-state magnetic anisotropy. The resolution of the mJ states by luminescence spectroscopy is supported by ab initio calculations, which show a large ground-state splitting of approximately 1,850 cm-1. These results provide a facile route to access a bis-silylamido Yb(III) complex, and further underline the desirability of axially coordinated ligands with well-localized charges for high-performing SMMs.
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- Dylan Errulat
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Li HD, Wu SG, Tong ML. Lanthanide-radical single-molecule magnets: current status and future challenges. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:6159-6170. [PMID: 37129902 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc07042a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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In the field of molecular magnetism, the lanthanide-radical (Ln-Rad) method has become one of the most appealing tactics for introducing strong magnetic interactions and has spurred on the booming development of heterospin single-molecule magnets (SMMs). The article is a timely retrospect on the research progress of Ln-Rad heterospin systems and special attention is invested on low dimensional Ln-Rad compounds with SMM behavior, primarily concerning with nitrogen-based radicals, semiquinone and nitroxide radicals. Rational design, molecular structures, magnetic behaviors and magneto-structural correlations are highlighted. Meanwhile, particular attention is focused on the influence of exchange couplings on the dynamic magnetic properties, with the purpose of helping to guide the design of prospective radical-based Ln-SMMs.
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- Hong-Dao Li
- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan Institute of Technology, Taiyuan 030008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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Duchamp JC, Dorn HC, Wysocki AL, Park K, Olmstead MM, Roy M, Balch AL. Tb 2O@ C2(13333)-C 74: A Non-Isolated Pentagon Endohedral Fullerene Containing a Nearly Linear Tb-O-Tb Unit. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:5114-5122. [PMID: 36939159 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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Terbium has been added to the list of elements that form oxide clusters inside fullerene cages. Tb2O@C2(13333)-C74 has been isolated as a byproduct of the electric arc synthesis of the azafullerene Tb2@C79N. Cocrystallization of Tb2O@C2(13333)-C74 with Ni(OEP) (where OEP is the dianion of octaethylporphyrin) in toluene yielded black needles of Tb2O@C2(13333)-C74·NiII(OEP)·1.5C7H8 that have been examined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The resulting structure shows that a nearly linear Tb-O-Tb unit is contained in a C2(13333)-C74, which has two sites where pentagons share an edge to form pentalene units at opposite ends of the fullerene. Unlike the usual situations where metal atoms in fullerenes that do not obey the isolated pentagon rule are situated within the folds of the pentalene units, the Tb atoms in Tb2O@C2(13333)-C74 are positioned to the side of the pentalene units and near-neighboring hexagons. The magnetic properties of Tb2O@C2(13333)-C74 have been examined starting from the experimental geometry, using ab-initio multiconfigurational methods. The computations predict that Tb2O@C2(13333)-C74 will show strong axiality, which would make it a single-molecule magnet with a large magnetic anisotropy barrier.
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- James C Duchamp
- Department of Chemistry, Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia 24327, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Kalita P, Ahmed N, Moorthy S, Béreau V, Bar AK, Kumar P, Nayak P, Sutter JP, Singh SK, Chandrasekhar V. Slow magnetic relaxation in a homoaxially phosphine oxide coordinated pentagonal bipyramidal Dy(III) complex. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:2804-2815. [PMID: 36752179 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt03789k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We report the synthesis of [(L)DyIII(Cy3PO)2]·[BPh4] (1-Dy) (where H2L = 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis-benzoylhydrazone and Cy = cyclohexyl) which crystallized in the triclinic, P1̄ space group. The local geometry around Dy(III) in 1-Dy was found to be pentagonal bipyramidal (pseudo-D5h). The AC magnetic susceptibility measurements performed on 1-Dy and on its diluted 1-Y(Dy) samples showed a typical single-molecule magnet signature revealed by the appearance of AC-frequency dependent out-of-phase susceptibility signals in the absence of a static magnetic field. The out-of-phase AC susceptibility signals were well resolved on the application of a small magnetic field (HDC = 500 Oe) and yielded an energy barrier for magnetization flipping of Ueff/kB = 50 K for the diluted derivative. The magnetic studies on 1-Dy and 1-Y(Dy) and data analysis further confirm that Raman and QTM under-barrier magnetic relaxations play a crucial role in lowering Ueff despite the almost axial nature of the Dy(III) ion in 1-Dy. We have rationalized these observations through detailed ab initio calculations performed on the X-ray crystal structure of 1-Dy.
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- Pankaj Kalita
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 36/P, Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 36/P, Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, 502284, Telangana, India.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France. .,Université de Toulouse, Institut Universitaire de Technologie Paul Sabatier-Département de Chimie, Av. Georges Pompidou, F-81104 Castres, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 501507, India
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- Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, HBNI, Bhubaneswar 752050, India
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, 502284, Telangana, India.
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 36/P, Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500046, India. .,Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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Guo Y, Liu K, Qin Y, Wu Q, Hu K, Mei L, Chai Z, Liu X, Yu J, Shi W. Role of molecular symmetry in the magnetic relaxation dynamics of five-coordinate Dy(III) complexes. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:2703-2711. [PMID: 36748623 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00095h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A new family of low-coordinate mononuclear DyIII single-molecule magnets [(TrapenTMS)Dy(LB)] (Trapen = tris(2-aminobenzyl)amine; TMS = SiMe3; LB = THF 1, pyridine 2, ONMe33) has been synthesized and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The five-coordinate DyIII ions exhibit distorted triangular bipyramidal geometries, among the different neutral ligands LB on the apex and the same TrapenTMS ligand, making the pyramid base of the trigonal bipyramid. Magnetic data analysis reveals that 1-3 are characteristic of SMM behaviors without a dc field, accompanying an unambiguous quantum tunneling of magnetization. Under an extra dc field of 500 Oe, field-induced slow magnetic relaxation behaviors occur with Raman and/or QTM processes. Ab initio calculations were also performed to rationalize the observed discrepancy in the magnetic behaviors, and the result illustrates that the SMM behavior could be effectively manipulated by the axial symmetry of the triangular bipyramidal DyIII motifs.
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- Yan Guo
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. .,State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Mansikkamäki A. Theoretical study of phenylbismuth anion as a blueprint for main-group single-molecule magnets. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:1837-1840. [PMID: 36722929 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00042g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The hypothetical [BiPh]- anion obtained by a one-electron reduction from the respective bismuthinidene is proposed as a basis for constructing single-molecule magnets (SMMs) consisting purely of main-group elements. Based on high-level quantum-chemical calculations, the [BiPh]- anion is predicted to be a SMM with an effective barrier of 6418 cm-1 for the relaxation of magnetization. This barrier is much larger than any effective barrier observed so far in any experimentally characterized SMM. The reduction potential for the [BiPh]-/BiPh couple is calculated as -1.5 V, which implies that the [BiPh]- moiety is accessible from stable bismuthinidenes containing a BiPh moiety and sufficient steric protection for the reactive Bi atom. Thus, [BiPh]- provides a blueprint for the realization of purely main-group SMMs which can surpass in their properties the best known dysprosium-based SMMs.
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- Akseli Mansikkamäki
- NMR Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 8000, Oulu, FI-90014, Finland.
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Tang J, Zhang S, Li L, Yao L, Zhang R, Yin B, Zhang J. Influence of ligand substitution and the solvent effect on the structures and magnetic properties of dinuclear Dy 2 supramolecular architectures constructed with the bis-β-diketonate-Dy 2 building block as a metalloligand. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:1366-1377. [PMID: 36633156 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt03468a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Based on the bis-β-diketonate-Dy2 metalloligand [Dy2(pbth)4]·2Et3N (1, pbth = (3z,3'z)-4,4'-(1,3-phenylene)bis(1,1,1-trifluoro-4-hydroxybut-3-en-2-one)), six dinuclear complexes with eight-coordinated geometries were synthesized solvothermally through different capping N-donor coligands or solvent systems. These complexes are namely [Dy2(pbth)3(Phen)2]·2C2H5OH (2), [Dy2(pbth)3(BPhen)2]·2C2H5OH (3), [Dy2(pbth)3(Dppz)2]·2C2H5OH (4), [Dy2(pbth)3(Dppz)2]·2CH3OH (4a), [Dy2(pbth)3(4-Dmbp)2]·CH3OH·C2H5OH (5) and [Dy2(pbth)3(5-Dmbp)2]·CH3OH (6) (Phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, BPhen = 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, dppz = dipyrido [3,2-a:2',3'-c] phenazine, 4-Dmbp = 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridyl, 5-Dmbp = 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridyl), respectively. In the synthetic processes of 2-6, one of four bis-β-diketonate ligands in the metalloligand is replaced by two capping N-donor coligands. The coordination geometries, metal distances and M-L-M torsion angles of the synthesized complexes are perceptibly fine-tuned by the modification of the capping N-donor coligands or the latticed solvent molecules. Systematic magnetic investigations indicate the different magnetic relaxation dynamics of 1-6. Complex 1 displays no characteristics of single-molecule magnets (SMMs), while complexes 2-6 exhibit SMM behaviours in the absence of a static magnetic field. Complexes 2 and 3 possess effective energy barriers (Ueff) of 110.18 (2) K and 133.21 (4) K, respectively. Theoretical analysis based on ab initio calculation provides some interpretations of experimental observation.
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- Jiamin Tang
- School of Science, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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- School of Science, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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- School of Science, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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- School of Science, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. .,Institute of Processing&Design of Agroproducts, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Science, Haikou 571100, China
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- Lab of Theoretical Molecular Magnetism (LTMM), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.
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- Science Center of Energy Material and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, P. R. China.
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Zhang B, Guo X, Tan P, Lv W, Bai X, Zhou Y, Yuan A, Chen L, Liu D, Cui HH, Wang R, Chen XT. Axial Ligand as a Critical Factor for High-Performance Pentagonal Bipyramidal Dy(III) Single-Ion Magnets. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:19726-19734. [PMID: 36417790 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The choice of axial ligands is of great importance for the construction of high-performance Dy-based single-molecule magnets (SMMs). Here, combining axial ligands Ph3SiO- (anion of triphenylsilanol) and 2,6-dichloro-4-nitro-PhO- (the anion of 2,6-dichloro-4-nitrophenol) with a neutral macrocyclic ligand 2,14-dimethyl-3,6,10,13,19-pentaazabicyclo[13.3.1]nonadeca-1(19),2,13,15,17-pentaene (L2N5) generates two new pentagonal bipyramidal Dy(III) complexes [DyIII(L2N5) (X)2](BPh4) (X = Ph3SiO-, 1; 2,6-dichloro-4-nitro-PhO-, 2) with strong axial ligand fields. Magnetic characterizations show that 1 possesses a large energy barrier above 1000 K and a magnetic hysteresis up to 9 K, whereas 2 only displays field-induced peaks of alternating-current susceptibilities without the hysteresis loop, even though 2 has a similar coordination geometry with 1. Detailed Ab initio calculations indicate an apparent difference in the axial negative charge between both complexes, which is caused by the diverse electron-donating properties of the axial ligands. The present work provides an efficient strategy to enhance the SMMs' properties, which highlights that the electron-donating property of the axial ligands is especially important for constructing the high-performance Dy-based SMMs.
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- Ben Zhang
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, P. R. China
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, P. R. China
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Jiangsu 226019, P. R. China
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- Queen Mary University of London Engineering School, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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Ying X, Zhu Z, Zhao C, Zhang YQ, Tang J. Five-Coordinated Dysprosium Single-Molecule Magnet Functionalized by the SMe Group. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:20547-20551. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Xu Ying
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for NSLSCS, School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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[M II(H 2dapsc)]-[Cr(CN) 6] (M = Mn, Co) Chain and Trimer Complexes: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Non-Covalent Interactions and Magnetic Properties. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27238518. [PMID: 36500611 PMCID: PMC9737345 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Four new heterometallic complexes combining [MII(H2dapsc)]2+ cations with the chelating H2dapsc {2,6-diacetylpyridine-bis(semicarbazone)} Schiff base ligand and [Cr(CN)6]3- anion were synthesized: {[MII(H2dapsc)]CrIII(CN)6K(H2O)2.5(EtOH)0.5}n·1.2n(H2O), M = Mn (1) and Co (2), {[Mn(H2dapsc)]2Cr(CN)6(H2O)2}Cl·H2O (3) and {[Co(H2dapsc)]2Cr(CN)6(H2O)2}Cl·2EtOH·3H2O (4). In all the compounds, M(II) centers are seven-coordinated by N3O2 atoms of H2dapsc in the equatorial plane and N or O atoms of two apical -CN/water ligands. Crystals 1 and 2 are isostructural and contain infinite negatively charged chains of alternating [MII(H2dapsc)]2+ and [CrIII(CN)6]3- units linked by CN-bridges. Compounds 3 and 4 consist of centrosymmetric positively charged trimers in which two [MII(H2dapsc)]2+ cations are bound through one [CrIII(CN)6]3- anion. All structures are regulated by π-stacking of coplanar H2dapsc moieties as well as by an extensive net of hydrogen bonding. Adjacent chains in 1 and 2 interact also by coordination bonds via a pair of K+ ions. The compounds containing MnII (1, 3) and CoII (2, 4) show a significant difference in magnetic properties. The ac magnetic measurements revealed that complexes 1 and 3 behave as a spin glass and a field-induced single-molecule magnet, respectively, while 2 and 4 do not exhibit slow magnetic relaxation in zero and non-zero dc fields. The relationship between magnetic properties and non-covalent interactions in the structures 1-4 was traced.
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Chen CP, Wang YF, Qin P, Zou HH, Liang FP. A DyIII Single-Ion Magnet with D5h Configuration. Inorganica Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Lunghi A, Sanvito S. Computational design of magnetic molecules and their environment using quantum chemistry, machine learning and multiscale simulations. Nat Rev Chem 2022; 6:761-781. [PMID: 37118096 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-022-00424-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Having served as a playground for fundamental studies on the physics of d and f electrons for almost a century, magnetic molecules are now becoming increasingly important for technological applications, such as magnetic resonance, data storage, spintronics and quantum information. All of these applications require the preservation and control of spins in time, an ability hampered by the interaction with the environment, namely with other spins, conduction electrons, molecular vibrations and electromagnetic fields. Thus, the design of a novel magnetic molecule with tailored properties is a formidable task, which does not only concern its electronic structures but also calls for a deep understanding of the interaction among all the degrees of freedom at play. This Review describes how state-of-the-art ab initio computational methods, combined with data-driven approaches to materials modelling, can be integrated into a fully multiscale strategy capable of defining design rules for magnetic molecules.
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Long J, Selikhov AN, Cherkasov AV, Nelyubina YV, Salles F, Guari Y, Larionova J, Trifonov AA. Base‐Free Alkoxide Dysprosium(III) Complexes with an Unusual Tetraphenylborate Coordination: Study of the Slow Relaxation of the Magnetization. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Jérôme Long
- ICGM Univ. Montpellier CNRS ENSCM Montpellier France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) 1 rue Descartes 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences 49 Tropinina str., GSP-445 630950 Nizhny Novgorod Russia
- Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences 28 Vavilova str. 119334 Moscow Russia
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- Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences 49 Tropinina str., GSP-445 630950 Nizhny Novgorod Russia
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- Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences 28 Vavilova str. 119334 Moscow Russia
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- ICGM Univ. Montpellier CNRS ENSCM Montpellier France
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- Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences 49 Tropinina str., GSP-445 630950 Nizhny Novgorod Russia
- Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences 28 Vavilova str. 119334 Moscow Russia
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Gil Y, Castro-Alvarez A, Fuentealba P, Spodine E, Aravena D. Lanthanide SMMs Based on Belt Macrocycles: Recent Advances and General Trends. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200336. [PMID: 35648577 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Enhancement of axial magnetic anisotropy is the central objective to push forward the performance of Single-Molecule Magnet (SMM) complexes. In the case of mononuclear lanthanide complexes, the chemical environment around the paramagnetic ion must be tuned to place strongly interacting ligands along either the axial positions or the equatorial plane, depending on the oblate or prolate preference of the selected lanthanide. One classical strategy to achieve a precise chemical environment for a metal centre is using highly structured, chelating ligands. A natural approach for axial-equatorial control is the employment of macrocycles acting in a belt conformation, providing the equatorial coordination environment, and leaving room for axial ligands. In this review, we present a survey of SMMs based on the macrocycle belt motif. Literature systems are divided in three families (crown ether, Schiff-base and metallacrown) and their general properties in terms of structural stability and SMM performance are briefly discussed.
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- Yolimar Gil
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 233, Santiago, Chile.,Centro para la Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (CEDENNA), Santiago, Estación Central, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Casilla 40, Correo 33, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 233, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 233, Santiago, Chile.,Centro para la Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (CEDENNA), Santiago, Estación Central, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Casilla 40, Correo 33, Santiago, Chile
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Singh V, Das D, Anga S, Sutter JP, Chandrasekhar V, Bar AK. Rigid N 3O 2-Pentadentate Ligand-Assisted Octacoordinate Mononuclear Ln(III) Complexes: Syntheses, Characterization, and Slow Magnetization Relaxation. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:25881-25890. [PMID: 35910178 PMCID: PMC9330846 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A series of air-stable mononuclear octacoordinate Ln(III) complexes, [(L)Ln(TPPO)3]OTf (Ln = Y (1·Y); Gd (1·Gd); Tb (1·Tb); Dy (1·Dy); Ho (1·Ho); and Er (1·Er)) and [(L)Ln(TPPO)(NO3)] (Ln = Y (2·Y) and Dy (2·Dy)), are synthesized employing a rigid N3O2-pentadentate chelating ligand as the basis ligand and meridional ancillary ligands (where H2L = 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis-benzoylhydrazone, TPPO = triphenylphosphine oxide, and OTf- = trifluoromethanesulfonate). All the complexes are synthesized under aerobic conditions and characterized comprehensively by spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic techniques. Magnetic property investigation on the polycrystalline solid samples of 1·Ln (Ln = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er) and 2·Dy are reported. A field-induced single-molecule magnet behavior was observed for the Dy derivatives. 1·Dy exhibits the highest effective energy barrier of magnetization reversal, U eff/k B = 47 K under H dc = 1 kOe among the complexes presented herein.
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- Vaibhav Singh
- Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati, Tirupati 517507 AP, India
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- Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati, Tirupati 517507 AP, India
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- Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad 500107, India
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- Laboratoire
de Chimie de Coordination Du CNRS (LCC-CNRS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse 31062, France
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- Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati, Tirupati 517507 AP, India
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Bellini V, Rusponi S, Kolorenč J, Mahatha SK, Valbuena MA, Persichetti L, Pivetta M, Sorokin BV, Merk D, Reynaud S, Sblendorio D, Stepanow S, Nistor C, Gargiani P, Betto D, Mugarza A, Gambardella P, Brune H, Carbone C, Barla A. Slow Magnetic Relaxation of Dy Adatoms with In-Plane Magnetic Anisotropy on a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas. ACS NANO 2022; 16:11182-11193. [PMID: 35770912 PMCID: PMC9330770 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c04048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We report on the magnetic properties of Dy atoms adsorbed on the (001) surface of SrTiO3. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism reveals slow relaxation of the Dy magnetization on a time scale of about 800 s at 2.5 K, unusually associated with an easy-plane magnetic anisotropy. We attribute these properties to Dy atoms occupying hollow adsorption sites on the TiO2-terminated surface. Conversely, Ho atoms adsorbed on the same surface show paramagnetic behavior down to 2.5 K. With the help of atomic multiplet simulations and first-principles calculations, we establish that Dy populates also the top-O and bridge sites on the coexisting SrO-terminated surface. A simple magnetization relaxation model predicts these two sites to have an even longer magnetization lifetime than the hollow site. Moreover, the adsorption of Dy on the insulating SrTiO3 crystal leads, regardless of the surface termination, to the formation of a spin-polarized two-dimensional electron gas of Ti 3dxy character, together with an antiferromagnetic Dy-Ti coupling. Our findings support the feasibility of tuning the magnetic properties of the rare-earth atoms by acting on the substrate electronic gas with electric fields.
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- Valerio Bellini
- S3-Istituto
di Nanoscienze-CNR, Via
Campi 213/A, I-41125 Modena, Italy
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- Institute
of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Physics (FZU), Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, CZ-182
21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Istituto
di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
(CNR), I-34149 Trieste, Italy
- School
of
Physics and Materials Science, Thapar Institute
of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147004, India
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST,
Campus UAB, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Instituto
Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanoscience), E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of Materials, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Università di Roma “Tor
Vergata”, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Institute
of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department
of Materials, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST,
Campus UAB, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Institució
Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona E-08010, Spain
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- Institute
of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Istituto
di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
(CNR), I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto
di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
(CNR), I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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Dergachev VD, Nakritskaia DD, Varganov SA. Strong Relativistic Effects in Lanthanide-Based Single-Molecule Magnets. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:6749-6754. [PMID: 35852301 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Lanthanide-based single-molecule magnets (SMMs) are promising building blocks for quantum memory and spintronic devices. Designing lanthanide-based SMMs with long spin relaxation time requires a detailed understanding of their electronic structure, including the crucial role of the spin-orbit coupling (SOC). While traditional calculations of SOC using the perturbation theory applied to a solution of the nonrelativistic Schrödinger equation are valid for light atoms, this approach is questionable for systems containing heavy elements such as lanthanides. We investigate the accuracy of the perturbation estimates of SOC by variationally solving the Dirac equation for the [DyO]+ molecule, a prototype of a lanthanide-based SMM. We show that the energy splittings between the M J states involved in spin relaxation depend on the interplay between strong SOC and dynamic electron correlation. We demonstrate that this interplay affects the resonances between the spin and vibrational transitions and, therefore, the spin relaxation time.
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- Vsevolod D Dergachev
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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Corredoira-Vázquez J, González-Barreira C, Fondo M, García-Deibe AM, Sanmartín-Matalobos J, Gómez-Coca S, Ruiz E, Colacio E. Dinuclear Fluoride Single-Bridged Lanthanoid Complexes as Molecule Magnets: Unprecedented Coupling Constant in a Fluoride-Bridged Gadolinium Compound. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:9946-9959. [PMID: 35737854 PMCID: PMC9275779 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A new synthetic method
allows isolating fluoride-bridged complexes
Bu4N{[M(3NO2,5Br-H3L1,1,4)]2(μ-F)} (M = Dy, 1; M = Ho, 2; M = Gd, 3) and Bu4N{[Dy(3Br,5Cl-H3L1,2,4)]2(μ-F)}·2H2O, 4·2H2O. The crystal structures of 1·5CH3C6H5,·2·2H2O·0.75THF, 3, and 4·2H2O·2THF show that all of them are
dinuclear compounds with linear single fluoride bridges and octacoordinated
metal centers. Magnetic susceptibility measurements in the temperature
range of 2–300 K reveal that the GdIII ions in 3 are weakly antiferromagnetically coupled, and this constitutes
the first crystallographically and magnetically analyzed gadolinium
complex with a fluoride bridge. Variable-temperature magnetization
demonstrates a poor magnetocaloric effect for 3. Alternating
current magnetic measurements for 1, 2,
and 4·2H2O bring to light that 4·2H2O is an SMM, 1 shows an
SMM-like behavior under a magnetic field of 600 Oe, while 2 does not show relaxation of the magnetization even under an applied
magnetic field. In spite of this, 2 is the first fluoride-bridged
holmium complex magnetically analyzed. DFT and ab initio calculations support the experimental magnetic results and show
that apparently small structural differences between 1 and 4·2H2O introduce important changes
in the dipolar interactions, from antiferromagnetic in 1 to ferromagnetic in 4·2H2O. Dinuclear linear fluoride single-bridged
DyIII, HoIII, and GdIII complexes
are systematically
obtained from mononuclear aquo-complexes, with the DyIII ones showing slow relaxation of the magnetization and the GdIII one revealing a weak AF coupling through the Gd−F−Gd
bridge.
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- Julio Corredoira-Vázquez
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, and Institut de Química Teórica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, and Institut de Química Teórica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Avda Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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Regincós Martí E, Canaj AB, Sharma T, Celmina A, Wilson C, Rajaraman G, Murrie M. Importance of an Axial Ln III-F Bond across the Lanthanide Series and Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior in the Ce and Nd Analogues. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:9906-9917. [PMID: 35727882 PMCID: PMC9275778 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The recently reported
compound [DyIIILF](CF3SO3)2·H2O (L = 1,4,7,10-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraaza-cyclododecane)
displays a strong axial magnetic anisotropy, due to the short axial
Dy–F bond, and single-molecule magnet (SMM) behavior. Following
our earlier [DyIIILF]2+ work, herein we report
the systematic structural and magnetic study of a family of [LnIIILF](CF3SO3)2·H2O compounds (Ln(III) = 1-Ce, 2-Pr, 3-Nd, 4-Eu, 5-Tb, 6-Ho, 7-Er, 8-Tm, and 9-Yb).
From this series, the Ce(III) and Nd(III) analogues show slow relaxation
of the magnetization under an applied direct current magnetic field,
which is modeled using a Raman process. Complete active space self-consistent
field theoretical calculations are employed to understand the relaxation
pathways in 1-Ce and 3-Nd and also reveal
a large tunnel splitting for 5-Tb. Additional computational
studies on model compounds where we remove the axial F– ligand, or replace F– with I–, highlight the importance of the F– ligand in
creating a strong axial crystal field for 1-Ce and 3-Nd and for promoting the SMM behavior. Importantly, this
systematic study provides insight into the magnetic properties of
these lighter lanthanide ions. The
structural and magnetic properties of a family of [LnIIILF](CF3SO3)2·H2O
(L = 1,4,7,10-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraaza-cyclododecane)
compounds are reported. In addition to the previously reported Dy(III)
analogue, we find that the Ce(III) and Nd(III) analogues show slow
relaxation of the magnetization due to the strong axial magnetic anisotropy
created by the axial F− ligand. AC magnetic susceptibility
data and CASSCF theoretical calculations are employed to understand
the single-molecule magnet behavior of 1-Ce and 3-Nd.
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- Emma Regincós Martí
- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, India
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, India
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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Wu J, Wang GL, Zhu Z, Zhao C, Li XL, Zhang YQ, Tang J. Terminal-fluoride-coordinated air-stable chiral dysprosium single-molecule magnets. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:7638-7641. [PMID: 35723250 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc02570a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Terminal fluoride ligands generate strong magnetic anisotropy in air-stable chiral dysprosium enantiomers supported by a bulky equatorial macrocycle, exhibiting a typical zero-field single-molecule magnet behaviour.
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- Jinjiang Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. .,School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Lab for NSLSCS, School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. .,School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Key Lab for NSLSCS, School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. .,School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Dey S, Rajaraman G. In silico design criteria for high blocking barrier uranium (III) SIMs. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:6817-6820. [PMID: 35615940 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01356h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A combination of DFT and ab initio CASSCF/PT2 calculations on U(III) fictitious models and numerous reported X-ray structures unveils several geometries from coordination number 1 to 12 that can be targeted to design potential U(III) SIMs with attractive barrier heights. Among the geometries studied, the T-shaped and capped pentagonal antiprism geometries yield values exceeding 1500 cm-1 - a value that is elusive for any uranium SIMs.
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- Sourav Dey
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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Nguyen GT, Ungur L. The Role of Radical Bridges in Polynuclear Single‐Molecule Magnets. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200227. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Giang Truong Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science National University of Singapore Block S8 Level 3, 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore Singapore 117543
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science National University of Singapore Block S8 Level 3, 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore Singapore 117543
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Liu H, Li JF, Yin B. The coexistence of long τQTM and high Ueff as a concise criterion for a good single-molecule magnet: a theoretical case study of square antiprism dysprosium single-ion magnets. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:11729-11742. [PMID: 35506508 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00776b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A systematic theoretical study is performed on a group of 16 square antiprism dysprosium single-ion magnets. Based on ab initio calculations, the quantum tunneling of magnetization (QTM) time, i.e., τQTM, and effective barrier of magnetic reversal, Ueff, are theoretically predicted. The theoretical τQTM is able to identify the ones with the longest QTM time with small numerical deviations. Similar results occur with respect to Ueff too. The systems possessing the best single-molecule magnet (SMM) properties here are just the ones having both the longest τQTM and the highest Ueff, from either experiment or theory. Thus, our results suggest the coexistence of long τQTM and high Ueff to be a criterion for high-performance SMMs. Although having its own limits, this criterion is easy to be applied in a large number of systems since both τQTM and Ueff could be predicted by theory with satisfactory efficiency and reliability. Therefore, this concise criterion could provide screened candidates for high-performance SMMs quickly and, hence, ease the burden of further exploration aiming for a higher degree of precision. This screening is important since the further exploration could easily demand tens or even hundreds of ab initio calculations for a single SMM. A semi-quantitative crystal field (CF) analysis is performed and shown here to be capable of indicating the general trends in a more chemically intuitive way. This analysis could help to identify the most important coordinating atoms for both diagonal and non-diagonal CF components. Thus, it could give some direct clues for improving the SMM properties: reducing the distance of the axial atom to the central ion, rotating the axial atom closer to the easy axis or increasing the amount of its negative charge. Correspondingly, opposite operations on the equatorial atom could give the same result.
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- Hong Liu
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, Lab of Theoretical Molecular Magnetism, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, Lab of Theoretical Molecular Magnetism, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.
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Durrant JP, Day BM, Tang J, Mansikkamäki A, Layfield RA. Dominance of Cyclobutadienyl Over Cyclopentadienyl in the Crystal Field Splitting in Dysprosium Single-Molecule Magnets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200525. [PMID: 35108431 PMCID: PMC9302998 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Replacing a monoanionic cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ligand in dysprosium single‐molecule magnets (SMMs) with a dianionic cyclobutadienyl (Cb) ligand in the sandwich complexes [(η4‐Cb′′′′)Dy(η5‐C5Me4tBu)(BH4)]− (1), [(η4‐Cb′′′′)Dy(η8‐Pn†)K(THF)] (2) and [(η4‐Cb′′′′)Dy(η8‐Pn†)]− (3) leads to larger energy barriers to magnetization reversal (Cb′′′′=C4(SiMe3)4, Pn†=1,4‐di(tri‐isopropylsilyl)pentalenyl). Short distances to the Cb′′′′ ligands and longer distances to the Cp ligands in 1–3 are consistent with the crystal field splitting being dominated by the former. Theoretical analysis shows that the magnetic axes in the ground Kramers doublets of 1–3 are oriented towards the Cb′′′′ ligands. The theoretical axiality parameter and the relative axiality parameter Z and Zrel are introduced to facilitate comparisons of the SMM performance of 1–3 with a benchmark SMM. Increases in Z and Zrel when Cb′′′ replaces Cp signposts a route to SMMs with properties that could surpass leading systems.
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- James P Durrant
- Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QR, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QR, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QR, UK
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Lin WQ, Wang DR, Long WJ, Lin LS, Tao ZX, Liu JL, Liu ZQ, Leng JD. Stereoisomeric coordination polymers based on facial and meridional six-coordinate dysprosium(III ). Dalton Trans 2022; 51:5195-5202. [PMID: 35274652 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00334a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Due to the small differences in the chemical properties of facial (fac) and meridional (mer) stereoisomers, selective synthesis of one of the isomers is challenging, especially for lanthanide complexes. By using a flexible bidentate phosphine oxide ligand, we managed to isolate three stereoisomeric 2D and 3D coordination polymers, in which six-coordinate Dy(III) ions possess fac- or mer-Cl3O3 coordination environments. Structural studies indicate that the stereochemistry differences result from their various supramolecular interactions (e.g., hydrogen bonding and π⋯π stacking). Magnetic property measurements reveal the different static and dynamic magnetic behaviours of the three stereoisomers. Ab initio CASSCF calculations were then performed which indicated that their distinct magnetic behaviours arise from their fac/mer configurations. Compared to fac-Dy(III), mer-Dy(III) possesses more axial ground-state KDs and higher first excited KDs.
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- Wei-Quan Lin
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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Banerjee A, Gómez García CJ, Benmansour S, Gomlia RM, Frontera A, Chattopadhyay S. Field-induced single-molecule magnet behaviour in a series of dinuclear cobalt(III,II) complexes. Polyhedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2022.115802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Slow magnetic relaxation in a 3D dysprosium(III)-fluoro-oxalate framework containing zig-zag [Dy-F] chains. J RARE EARTH 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2022.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Durrant JP, Day BM, Tang J, Mansikkamäki A, Layfield RA. Dominance of Cyclobutadienyl Over Cyclopentadienyl in the Crystal Field Splitting in Dysprosium Single‐Molecule Magnets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202200525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- James P. Durrant
- Department of Chemistry University of Sussex Falmer Brighton BN1 9QR UK
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- Department of Chemistry University of Sussex Falmer Brighton BN1 9QR UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022 P.R. China
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Cai X, Cheng Z, Wu Y, Jing R, Tian SQ, Chen L, Li ZY, Zhang YQ, Cui HH, Yuan A. Tuning the Equatorial Negative Charge in Hexagonal Bipyramidal Dysprosium(III) Single-Ion Magnets to Improve the Magnetic Behavior. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:3664-3673. [PMID: 35171611 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Taking advantage of the pentaethylene glycol (EO5) and deprotonation of EO5, a family of new structurally hexagonal bipyramidal Dy(III) complexes, [Dy(EO5)(2,6-dichloro-4-nitro-PhO)2](2,6-dichloro-4-nitro-PhO) (1), [Dy(EO5-BPh2)(2,6-dichloro-4-nitro-PhO)2] (2), and [Dy(EO5-BPh2)(2,6-dichloro-4-nitro-PhO)Cl] (3), were controbllably synthesized and structurally characterized. Magnetic measurements show that complex 1 is a zero-field SIM and has an observable hysteresis opening up to 4 K. Conversely, only under extra magnetic field is slow magnetic relaxation observed in 2 and 3. This considerable difference in the magnetic behavior is mainly caused by the change of the equatorial negative charge. Detailed ab initio calculations further elucidate that the quantum tunneling is induced by the presence of equatorial negative charge, and the magnetic anisotropy depends on the axial ligands. This work demonstrates that the absence of the equatorial negative charge should also be considered in the rational design of promising single molecular magnets based on the oblate ions.
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- Xingwei Cai
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Haihe Educational Park, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Haihe Educational Park, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for NSLSCS, School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Jiangsu 226019, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, P. R. China
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Yang Q, Ungur L, Chibotaru LF, Tang J. Toroidal versus centripetal arrangement of the magnetic moment in a Dy4 tetrahedron. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:1784-1787. [PMID: 35037920 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc06265d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Magnetic investigation and ab initio calculations reveal toroidal arrangement of the magnetic moment rather than centripetal anisotropies in a tetrahedral Dy4 complex.
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- Qianqian Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. .,School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 117543, Singapore.
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- Theory of Nanomaterials Group and Institute of Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry -INPAC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. .,School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Long J, Lyubov DM, Gurina GA, Nelyubina YV, Salles F, Guari Y, Larionova J, Trifonov AA. Using N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Weak Equatorial Ligands to Design Single-Molecule Magnets: Zero-Field Slow Relaxation in Two Octahedral Dysprosium(III) Complexes. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:1264-1269. [PMID: 34994542 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report the synthesis, structures, and magnetic investigations of two new octahedral dysprosium complexes, based on the original N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) tridentate bis(phenoxide) ligand, of the respective formulas mer-[DyL(THF)2Cl] (1) and mer-[DyL(THF)3][BPh4] (2), where L = 1,3-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-oxidophenyl)-5,5-dimethyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-1-ium chloride and THF = tetrahydrofuran. The short Dy-O distances in the axial direction in association with the weak donor ability of the NHC moiety provide a suitable environment for slow relaxation of magnetization, overcoming the previous single-molecule magnets based on NHC ligands.
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- Jérôme Long
- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, France.,Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds (INEOS), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), 28 Vavilova str., 119334 Moscow, Russia.,Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), 49 Tropinina str., GSP-445, 630950 Nizhny, Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), 49 Tropinina str., GSP-445, 630950 Nizhny, Novgorod, Russia
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- Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds (INEOS), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), 28 Vavilova str., 119334 Moscow, Russia
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds (INEOS), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), 28 Vavilova str., 119334 Moscow, Russia.,Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), 49 Tropinina str., GSP-445, 630950 Nizhny, Novgorod, Russia
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