Syntheses, structures, and magnetic properties of salen type Cu-Gd dimer and hexamer complexes with strong ferromagnetic interactions

Lili Xu, Qian Zhang, Guangfeng Hou, Peng Chen, Guangming Li, Daniel M. Pajerowski, Cindi L. Dennis

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Abstract

Two salen type heteronuclear Cu-Gd complexes, namely, [(GdCuL 1Cl3(CH3OH)2] (1) and [Gd 2Cu4L24Cl2(OH)](PF 6)3 (2) (H2L1 = N,N′-bis(2- hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane and H2L 2 = N,N′-bis(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-1,3- diaminopropane) have been isolated. X-ray crystallographic analysis shows that 1 is of a typical neutral heterodinuclear Cu-Gd structure, while 2 features an unusual ionic hexanuclear Cu-Gd structure. Magnetic analysis reveals the dominant ferromagnetic interactions within the clusters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-95
Number of pages5
JournalPolyhedron
Volume52
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 22 2013
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21072049 , 51102081 and 51272069 ), Heilongjiang Province (No. 2010td03 ) and Heilongjiang University . D.M.P. acknowledges support from the NRC/NIST research associateship program.

FundersFunder number
Heilongjiang Province2010td03
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Heilongjiang University
National Research Council Canada
National Natural Science Foundation of China51272069, 21072049, 51102081

    Keywords

    • Heteronuclear Cu-Gd
    • Magnetism
    • Salen type
    • Structure
    • Synthesis

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