title: Heterometallic octanuclear RE(III)3Ni(II)5 (RE = Dy(III), Gd(III) and Y(III)) clusters with slow magnetic relaxation for the dysprosium derivative.
abstract: Reactions of rare earth benzoate and nickel perchlorate with a Schiff-base ligand, 2-([(2-hydroxyphenyl)imino]methyl) phenol (H2L), in the presence of triethylamine yielded three heterobimetallic octanuclear clusters of general formula [RE3Ni5L5(PhCOO)3(μ3-OH)5(μ3-OCH3)(CH3OH)4(H2O)]·xCH3OH·yH2O (RE = Dy(III), x = 4, y = 4 (1), RE = Gd(III), x = 5, y = 4 (2), RE = Y(III), x = 5, y = 3 (3)). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that the metal core of each cluster consists of two distorted [RE2Ni2O4] cubane-like moieties and a heterobimetallic triangular [RE2NiO2] unit, with RE ions arranged in a typical triangular fashion. Variable-temperature solid state magnetic susceptibilities of these complexes were measured in the temperature range 2-300 K and the results indicate that an overall ferromagnetic interaction among the metal ions is operative for compounds 2 and 3. Under zero external field, the Dy3Ni5 compound shows a frequency dependence of the out-of-phase (χ'') signals, which indicates slow relaxation of the magnetization.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China.
authors: Huiyu
authors: H
authors: Wang
authors: Hongshan
authors: H
authors: Ke
authors: Shuang-Yan
authors: SY
authors: Lin
authors: Yang
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authors: Guo
authors: Lang
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authors: Zhao
authors: Jinkui
authors: J
authors: Tang
authors: Yun-Hui
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