Pentametallic lanthanide-alkoxide square-based pyramids: high energy barrier for thermal relaxation in a holmium single molecule magnet

Robin J Blagg; Floriana Tuna; Eric J L McInnes; Richard E P Winpenny

doi:10.1039/c1cc14186d

Pentametallic lanthanide-alkoxide square-based pyramids: high energy barrier for thermal relaxation in a holmium single molecule magnet

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Oct 14;47(38):10587-9. doi: 10.1039/c1cc14186d. Epub 2011 Sep 1.

Authors

Robin J Blagg¹, Floriana Tuna, Eric J L McInnes, Richard E P Winpenny

Affiliation

¹ The Lewis Magnetism Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.

PMID: 21881647
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc14186d

Abstract

Pentametallic Ln complexes of formula [Ln(5)O(O(i)Pr)(13)] have been made, where Ln(III) = Sm, Gd, Tb, Ho and Er; slow magnetisation relaxation to 33 K is observed for the Ho complex with an energy barrier of ca. 400 K.