Strong Ferromagnetic Interactions in [V8O14(H−2taci)2]: An Unprecedented Large Spin Ground State for a Vanadyl Cluster
✍ Scribed by Kaspar Hegetschweiler; Bernd Morgenstern; Jon Zubieta; Pamela J. Hagrman; Nicola Lima; Roberta Sessoli; Federico Totti
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0044-8249
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✦ Synopsis
The control of the spin of the ground state in molecular clusters behaving like single molecule magnets (SMM) has been an important challenge in coordination chemistry. The spin value is a critical parameter because the barrier for the orientation of the magnetization depends on the square of it. [1,2] The most common strategies exploit antiferromagnetic interactions both in hetero-spin clusters, such as the archetypal SMM, [Mn 12 O 12 (CH 3 COO) 16 (H 2 O) 4 ], [3][4][5] and in particular spin topologies, such as the propeller structure of Fe 4 clusters. [6,7] Ferromagnetic interactions are relatively rare in molecular clusters, and often encountered in very symmetric structures, where the orthogonality of the magnetic orbitals is more easily controlled. [8 ,9] In low-symmetry environments the sign of the magnetic interaction is, in general, easily predictable for paramagnetic centers with one unpaired electron. [10] Magneto-structural correlations are well established, for instance, for oxo-bridged {VO 2+ } fragments [11] and ferromagnetic interactions have been observed when the d xy magnetic orbitals are orthogonal to each other, where a local reference system with the x and y axis pointing towards the oxobridging ligands is considered. The J values usually do not exceed À10 cm À1 , [12] the Hamiltonian being defined as h =
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