Bifunctional ligand approach for constructing 3d-4f heterometallic clusters

Inorg Chem. 2007 Sep 3;46(18):7229-31. doi: 10.1021/ic070296a. Epub 2007 Aug 4.

Authors

Gang Wu¹, Ian J Hewitt, Samir Mameri, Yanhua Lan, Rodolphe Clérac, Christopher E Anson, Shilun Qiu, Annie K Powell

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Karlsruhe, Engesserstrasse Geb. 30.45, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.

PMID: 17676836
DOI: 10.1021/ic070296a

Abstract

Using a predesigned Schiff-base tripodal ligand, a heptanuclear CuII-GdIII cluster with a spin ground state of S=17/2 has been synthesized.