title: Ferromagnetic Ni(II) discs.
abstract: A family of planar disc-like hexa-, octa- and decametallic Ni(II) complexes exhibit dominant ferromagnetic exchange. The deca- and octametallic clusters [Ni(II) (10)(tmp)(2)(N(3))(8)(acac)(6)(MeOH)(6)] (1, H(3)tmp=1,1,1-tris(hydroxymethyl)propane; acac=acetylacetonate) and [Ni(II) (8)(thme)(2)(O(2)CPh)(4)(Cl)(6)(MeCN)(6)(H(2)O)(2)] (2, H(3)thme=1,1,1-tris(hydroxymethyl)ethane) represent rare examples of Ni(II)-based single-molecule magnets, and [Ni(II) (10)] (1) possesses the largest barrier to magnetisation reversal of any Ni(II) single-molecule magnet to date.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, UK.
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