title: Structural and magnetic conformation of a cerocene [Ce(COT'')2]- exhibiting a uniconfigurational f1 ground state and slow-magnetic relaxation.
abstract: Magnet-like behaviour, in the form of slow relaxation of the magnetization, was observed for a monometallic cerium(III) sandwich complex. The use of trimethylsilyl substituted COT ligands (COT'') led to the formation of a staggered COT'' arrangement in the cerocene-type sandwich complex with a well-defined oxidation state of +3 for the Ce ion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5. m.murugesu@uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Jennifer J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Le Roy
authors.forename: Ilia
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Korobkov
authors.forename: Jee Eon
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Schelter
authors.forename: Muralee
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murugesu