title: A cascade approach to hetero-pentanuclear manganese-oxide clusters in polyoxometalates and their single-molecule magnet properties.
abstract: Structurally well-defined hetero-pentanuclear manganese-oxide clusters {MMn4} were successfully synthesized in TBA7Hn[MMn4(OH)2(A-α-SiW9O34)2]·2H2O·C2H4Cl2 (, M = Fe(iii), Co(ii), Ni(ii), Cu(ii), Ga(iii)) by sequential introduction of metal cations into the trivacant lacunary polyoxometalates (POMs). The pentanuclear manganese-oxide cluster {Mn5} showed a small spin ground state and a low energy barrier for magnetization relaxation. In contrast, the magnetic interactions in the hetero-pentanuclear clusters could be controlled by the arrangements of metals, and the clusters showed large magnetic anisotropy and single-molecule magnet behavior. In particular, the cluster {FeMn4} in (S = 11/2) showed the slowest relaxation and the highest energy barrier among the previously reported transition metal-containing POMs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. tmizuno@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Rinta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Takuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minato
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shinoe
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Noritaka
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authors.lastname: Mizuno