Solvent-induced single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation in multifunctional chiral dysprosium(III) compounds

Inorg Chem. 2012 Aug 20;51(16):8649-51. doi: 10.1021/ic3012475. Epub 2012 Aug 3.

Abstract

Two new enantiomeric ionic chiral dysprosium(III) compounds were designed and synthesized. These compounds show simultaneously the optical activity, ferroelectric effects, nonlinear-optical effects, and slow magnetic relaxation behavior. More interestingly, these compounds exhibit reversible single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformations associated with the release or absorption of solvent molecules. The structure transformations are accompanied by distinct changes in the physical properties.