A graceful break-up: serendipitous self-assembly of a ferromagnetically coupled [NiII14] wheel

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Aug 11;58(65):9088-9091. doi: 10.1039/d2cc03445j.

Authors

Eleftheria Agapaki¹, Mukesh K Singh¹, Angelos B Canaj¹, Gary S Nichol¹, Jürgen Schnack², Euan K Brechin¹

Affiliations

¹ EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, Scotland, UK. ebrechin@ed.ac.uk.
² Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, D-33501, Bielefeld, Germany. jschnack@uni-bielefeld.de.

PMID: 35876803
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc03445j

Abstract

The complex [NiII14(HL²)₁₂(HCOO)₁₄Cl₁₄(MeOH)(H₂O)] describes an aesthetically pleasing wheel displaying ferromagnetic nearest neighbour exchange.

MeSH terms

Magnetics*
Magnets*