Relatively strong intramolecular antiferromagnetic coupling in a neutral CrIII2NbV2 heterobimetallic molecular square†‡
Abstract
A relatively large antiferromagnetic interaction between the two chromium(III) ions from the molecular square [{Cr(dmso)4}2{Nb(μ-O)2(C2O4)2}2] (1) (J = −12.0 cm−1) is mediated by the diamagnetic oxo–Nb(v)–oxo pathway, its nature and magnitude being substantiated by DFT type theoretical calculations.