Ferromagnetic Coupling through Spin Polarization in a Dinuclear Copper(II) Metallacyclophane

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2001;40(16):3039-42. doi: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010817)40:16<3039::AID-ANIE3039>3.0.CO;2-P.

Abstract

First organic radicals, now metal complexes: A successful extension to metal complexes of a well-known organic radical approach to ferromagnetism is exemplified by the triplet ground-state molecule containing two Cu(II) centers connected by a double m-phenylenediamide skeleton of the cyclophane type shown in the scheme.

Keywords: amide ligands; copper; density functional calculations; magnetic properties; metallacycles.