title: Ancillary ligand functionalization of cyanide-bridged S = 6 Fe(III)4Ni(II)4 complexes for molecule-based electronics.
abstract: Treatment of 1-chloro-6-iodohexane or 1-chloro-10-iododecane with lithium tris(pyrazolyl)methanide, followed by potassium thioacetate, affords bifunctional 1-S(acetyl)-tris(pyrazolyl)alkanes (L) (pz)3C(CH2)nSAc (n = 6, 1; 10, 2). Magnetic studies of {[(pzTp)Fe(III)(CN)3]4[Ni(II)L]4[OTf]4}.solvent (4, L = 1; 5, L = 2) boxes suggest that -(CH2)6 chains (4) limit intermolecular interactions while -(CH2)10 chains in 5 introduce crystallographic disorder and a distribution of relaxation times; 4 and 5 exhibit slow relaxation of the magnetization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, USA.
authors.forename: Dongfeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parkin
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clérac
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Holmes