Single-molecule magnetism in cyclopentadienyl-dysprosium chlorides

Scott A Sulway; Richard A Layfield; Floriana Tuna; Wolfgang Wernsdorfer; Richard E P Winpenny

doi:10.1039/c1cc14643b

Single-molecule magnetism in cyclopentadienyl-dysprosium chlorides

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Feb 1;48(10):1508-10. doi: 10.1039/c1cc14643b. Epub 2011 Sep 16.

Authors

Scott A Sulway¹, Richard A Layfield, Floriana Tuna, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Richard E P Winpenny

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.

PMID: 21927726
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc14643b

Abstract

[Cp(2)Dy(thf)(μ-Cl)](2) (2) was synthesized from [Cp(2)Dy(μ-Cl)](n), which crystalizes as two polymorphs, with n = 2 (1a) or ∞ (1b). All three compounds show slow relaxation of magnetization, and in 2 the quantum tunnelling was found to be exchange-biased.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chlorides / chemistry*
Cyclopentanes / chemistry*
Dysprosium / chemistry*
Magnetics*
Models, Molecular
Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

Chlorides
Cyclopentanes
Organometallic Compounds
Dysprosium