Bromine-bridged Dy2 single-molecule magnet: magnetic anisotropy driven by cis/trans stereoisomers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Dec 18;55(97):14661-14664. doi: 10.1039/c9cc07552f. Epub 2019 Nov 20.

Abstract

We report the first bromine-bridged dinuclear [Dy(Cy3PO)2(μ-Br)(Br)2]2·2C7H8 single-molecule magnet with an effective energy barrier of 684 K and magnetic hysteresis below 3 K. The asymmetric DyIII centres present two unique stereoisomeric octahedral coordination environments depending on the cis/trans disposition of the Cy3PO ligands, leading to the orthogonality of the easy magnetic axes that annihilates the dipolar interactions.