title: Tripodal thiols as ligands for molecular magnets: very strong antiferromagnetic exchange interactions in vanadium(III) clusters.
abstract: The synthesis, structural and magnetic characterisation of [V(III)(3)O(tmme)(2)(diimine)(2)Cl] [diimine=2,2'-bipyridine (1) or 1,10-phenanthroline (2)] and (HNEt(3))(2)[V(III)(4)O(tmme)(4)] (3) is reported, in which H(3)tmme is tris(mercaptomethyl)ethane, MeC(CH(2)SH)(3), the thiol analogue of the famous tripodal alcohol ligands typified by H(3)thme [tris(hydroxymethyl)ethane, MeC(CH(2)OH)(3)]. Complexes 1 and 3 have "T-shaped" and square topologies, respectively, and the latter is centred on a rare example of a square-planar oxide. The tri-thiolate ligands bind the periphery of the clusters and provide such strong antiferromagnetic exchange pathways that in both cases only a single total spin state is occupied up to room temperature, in the absence of metal-metal bonding. Magnetic data, electronic structure calculations and electrochemical data are reported.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
authors.forename: Luke J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Batchelor
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolowska
authors.forename: Joseph J W
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: McDouall
authors.forename: Eric J L
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: McInnes