title: One step assembly of a nonanuclear CrIII2NiII7 bimetallic cyanide bridged complex.
abstract: The reaction of hexacyanochromate with connectivity 6 and a mononuclear Ni complex bearing a bulky tridentate macrocycle leads in one step to the formation of a nonanuclear Cr2Ni7 complex with central low spin and peripheral high spin Ni ions; fast tunnelling of the magnetization is observed at low temperature by micro-SQUID studies on a single crystal.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique, ICMMO, CNRS UMR 8613, Université Paris-Sud, Bât 420, F-91405, Orsay, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Noël
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Rebilly
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Catala
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivière
authors.forename: Régis
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guillot
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wernsdorfer
authors.forename: Talal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mallah