An enantiopure Fe(III)4 single-molecule magnet

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jul 28;47(28):8049-51. doi: 10.1039/c1cc12831k. Epub 2011 Jun 16.

Abstract

A pair of enantiopure star-shaped Fe(III)(4) clusters were constructed from simple chiral ligands. AC field frequency dependence and a hysteresis loop, which are very important features of SMMs, were observed. Circular dichroism (CD) spectra demonstrated that the chirality was successfully transferred from the ligand to the coordination environment of Fe(3+) ions.