Systematic Study of Open-Shell Trigonal Pyramidal Transition-Metal Complexes with a Rigid-Ligand Scaffold

Dawid Pinkowicz; Francisco J Birk; Michał Magott; Kelsey Schulte; Kim R Dunbar

doi:10.1002/chem.201605528

Systematic Study of Open-Shell Trigonal Pyramidal Transition-Metal Complexes with a Rigid-Ligand Scaffold

Chemistry. 2017 Mar 13;23(15):3548-3552. doi: 10.1002/chem.201605528. Epub 2017 Feb 28.

Authors

Dawid Pinkowicz^{1

2}, Francisco J Birk², Michał Magott¹, Kelsey Schulte², Kim R Dunbar²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060, Kraków, Poland.
² Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77842-3012, USA.

PMID: 28055144
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201605528

Abstract

A family of distorted trigonal pyramidal transition-metal complexes [M^II (N₃ N)Li(THF)] (M=Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) have been studied as candidates for mononuclear single-molecule magnets. Magnetic anisotropy of the family depends on the electronic configuration of the central ion, with the Co analogue exhibiting pronounced SMM behavior.

Keywords: coordination chemistry; magnetic properties; nanomagnetism; single-molecule magnets; trigonal pyramidal geometry.