The “Building-Block” Assembly of a [Ni12Mn6] Aggregate

✍ Scribed by Gang Wu; Rodolphe Clérac; Wolfgang Wernsdorfer; Shilun Qiu; Christopher E. Anson; Ian J. Hewitt; Annie K. Powell

• Book ID: 102170682
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 150 KB
• Volume: 2006
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-1948
• DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200600144

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Reaction of Mn^II^(bdoa)(H~2~O)~3~ with Ni(CH~3~COO)~2~·3H~2~O in methanol gives a heterometallic cluster, [Ni~12~Mn~6~(bdoa)~6~(O~2~CMe)~12~(μ~3~‐OMe)~12~(MeOH)~12~]·21MeOH, which was structurally characterised by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction and possesses three self‐assembled tetranuclear nickel cubes connected by a Mn^II^~6~(bdoa)~6~(CH~3~COO)~3~ subunit. The magnetic properties were studied in detail and indicate that the compound possesses a high density of spin states with small energy gaps between them. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)