title: Pyrazolylborates and their importance in tuning single-molecule magnet properties of {Fe(III)2Ni(II)} complexes.
abstract: A new tricyanoferrate(III) building block and a trinuclear single-molecule magnet derivative are described. The treatment of a 2:1 ratio of [NEt(4)][(Tp*(Bn))Fe(III)(CN)(3)]·H(2)O·MeOH [1; Tp*(Bn) = tris(3,5-dimethyl-4-benzyl)pyrazolylborate] with nickel(II) trifluoromethanesulfonate gives {[(Tp*(Bn))Fe(III)(CN)(3)](2)[Ni(II)(DMF)(4)]}·2DMF (2; DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide). The symmetry-equivalent Fe(III)(LS) ions lead to a favorable alignment of anisotropy tensors (i.e., Fe···B axes) in 2, and an energy barrier of Δ(eff)/k(B) = 16.7 K is found for the S(T) = 2 complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63121, USA.
authors.forename: Yuan-Zhu
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Uma P
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Mallik
authors.forename: Nigam P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clérac
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Holmes