An azide-bridged homospin single-chain magnet: [Co(2,2'-bithiazoline)(N3)2]n

Tian-Fu Liu; Dan Fu; Song Gao; Yuan-Zhu Zhang; Hao-Ling Sun; Gang Su; Yong-Jiang Liu

doi:10.1021/ja0380751

An azide-bridged homospin single-chain magnet: [Co(2,2'-bithiazoline)(N3)2]n

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Nov 19;125(46):13976-7. doi: 10.1021/ja0380751.

Authors

Tian-Fu Liu¹, Dan Fu, Song Gao, Yuan-Zhu Zhang, Hao-Ling Sun, Gang Su, Yong-Jiang Liu

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China.

PMID: 14611231
DOI: 10.1021/ja0380751

Abstract

A novel end-on azide-bridged homospin 1D chain, Co(bt)(N3)2 (1) (bt = 2,2'-bithiazoline), is constructed by sharing edges of Co(II) distorted octahedrons to form a helix, which shows magnetic hysteresis with steps and slow relaxation below 5-6 K, typical of single-chain magnet behavior.