Heterometallic (3d-4f) coordination clusters with unique topology: self-assembly synthesis, structural features, and magnetic properties

MN Akhtar, MA AlDamen, J Khan, M Shahid… - Crystal Growth & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Crystal Growth & Design, 2020ACS Publications
Three heterometallic Fe6Ln4 clusters were self-assembled by using N-
methyldiethanolamine (H2mdea) and 3, 5-dinitrobenzoic acid (Hdnbz) as principal building
blocks and azide as an ancillary ligand. The obtained products 1–3 were isolated as air-
stable microcrystalline solids and fully characterized. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies
reveal similar type of molecular units [Fe6Ln4 (μ4-O) 2 (μ3-OH) 2 (mdea) 6 (dnbz) 8 (N3) 4]·
2MeCN· x H2O· CH2Cl2 {Ln= Y (1), Gd (2), Dy (3); x= 4, 6, 10, respectively}. Topological …
Three heterometallic Fe6Ln4 clusters were self-assembled by using N-methyldiethanolamine (H2mdea) and 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid (Hdnbz) as principal building blocks and azide as an ancillary ligand. The obtained products 13 were isolated as air-stable microcrystalline solids and fully characterized. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies reveal similar type of molecular units [Fe6Ln44-O)23-OH)2(mdea)6(dnbz)8(N3)4]·2MeCN·xH2O·CH2Cl2 {Ln = Y (1), Gd (2), Dy (3); x = 4, 6, 10, respectively}. Topological analysis of 13 was performed following a method for high nuclearity coordination clusters. The [Fe6Ln4(μ-O)103-O)44-O)2] cores were identified in all structures and further simplified to graph topological skeletons, which were classified as pentanodal 2,3,3,5,6-connected motifs with the unique topology. The magnetic behavior of 13 was investigated in detail. The magnetic studies and magnetocaloric measurements reveal that the tetranuclear gadolinium centers of 2 exhibit a high cryogenic magnetocaloric effect (MCE) that reaches 13.66 J·kg–1·K–1 (25.18 mJ·cm–3·K–1) for ΔH = 90 kOe at 4.5 K. Among all the compounds, only 3 shows the ac-signals (ac, alternating current) and slow-relaxation behavior, which is a peculiar characteristic of a single-molecule magnet (SMM), giving a value of Ueff = 19.5(4) K. The present work thus contributes to the design of topologically unique discrete crystalline materials with notable functional properties.
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