Issue 10, 2022

Synthesis and structures of fluoride-bridged dysprosium clusters: influence of fluoride ions on magnetic relaxation behaviors

Abstract

The synthesis of fluoride-bridged tri-([{Cp′2Dy}{μ-F}]3·tol, 1Dy, Cp′ = C5H4Si(CH3)3; tol = toluene), tetra-([{Cp′2Dy(μ-F)2}2{(Cp′)(THF)Dy(μ-F)}2]·hex, 2Dy, THF = tetrahydrofuran; hex = n-hexane), and hepta-nuclear (3Dy) dysprosium complexes is reported here and a hydroxy-bridged dinuclear dysprosium complex [Cp′2Dy(μ-OH)]2(4Dy) is synthesized for comparison. The nucleation number of the fluoride-bridged complexes highly depends on the reaction solvents and the molar ratio of the dysprosium and fluoride precursors. The three Dy ions in 1Dy are arranged in a triangular fashion and the tetranuclear 2Dy displays a butterfly shape geometry. 3Dy shows a much more complicated structure with three types of fluoride bridges. 1Dy and 2Dy exhibit slow relaxation of magnetization with the energy barriers of 95 K and 98 K, respectively, while the dinuclear and heptanuclear dysprosium complexes barely show any behaviors of molecular nanomagnets. Ab initio calculations demonstrated that the thermo-assisted relaxation of magnetization of 1Dy and 2Dy originated from the {Cp′2Dy} fragment. Analysis of magneto-structural correlation revealed that the fluoride ions had a great influence on the orientation of the easy axis of magnetization and the exchange interactions.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and structures of fluoride-bridged dysprosium clusters: influence of fluoride ions on magnetic relaxation behaviors

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
11 Nov 2021
Accepted
05 Mar 2022
First published
18 Mar 2022

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022,9, 2336-2342

Synthesis and structures of fluoride-bridged dysprosium clusters: influence of fluoride ions on magnetic relaxation behaviors

Q. Yuan, Y. Meng, Y. Zhang, C. Gao, S. Liu, B. Wang and S. Gao, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 2336 DOI: 10.1039/D1QI01422F

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