Ground state spin-switching via targeted structural distortion: twisted single-molecule magnets from derivatised salicylaldoximes

Dalton Trans. 2008 Apr 14:(14):1809-17. doi: 10.1039/b716355j. Epub 2007 Dec 13.

Abstract

The use of derivatised salicylaldoximes in Mn chemistry has led to the isolation of a plethora of beautiful new SMMs ranging in nuclearity from three to eight and with spin ground states as large as S = 12-including a Mn6 complex with the largest energy barrier to magnetisation reversal yet reported. The deliberate chemically-induced structural distortion of the [Mn6] molecule allows the isolation of analogous family members displaying remarkably different magnetic properties and this in turn allows for a rare semi-quantitative magneto-structural correlation which enables prediction of the magnetic properties of new family members.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Magnetics*
  • Manganese / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Oximes / chemistry*
  • Quantum Theory*
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Oximes
  • salicylaldoxime
  • Manganese