title: The first example of a hetero-tetranuclear [(VO)Gd](2) complex: synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of [VOLGd(hfa)(2)CH(3)OH](2).2CH(3)OH.2(CH(3))(2)CO.
abstract: A cyclic tetranuclear [V(IV)O-Gd(III)](2) complex with VO and Gd ions alternately arrayed, behaves, from the magnetic point of view, as two independent dinuclear entities each having a S= 4 ground state, as a consequence of an active and ferromagnetic VO-Gd interaction through the double phenoxo bridge and a magnetically inactive VO-Gd interaction through the amide bridge.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Costes
authors.forename: Sergiu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shova
authors.forename: Juan Modesto Clemente
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Juan
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suet