Self-assembly of a unique 3d/4f heterometallic square prismatic box-like coordination cage

Authors

Li Li, University of WollongongFollow
Yingjie Zhang, ANSTO
Maxim Avdeev, ANSTOFollow
Leonard F. Lindoy, University of Sydney
David G. Harman, University of WollongongFollow
Rongkun Zheng, University of Sydney
Zhenxiang Cheng, University of WollongongFollow
Janice R. Aldrich-Wright, Universty of Western Sydney
Feng Li, University of Western SydneyFollow

RIS ID

114495

Publication Details

Li, L., Zhang, Y., Avdeev, M., Lindoy, L. F., Harman, D. G., Zheng, R., Cheng, Z., Aldrich-Wright, J. R. & Li, F. (2016). Self-assembly of a unique 3d/4f heterometallic square prismatic box-like coordination cage. Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 45 9407-9411.

Abstract

We present the synthesis and characterization of a unique, slightly distorted square prismatic, box-like coordination cage of type [Cu6Dy8L8(MeOH)8(H2O)6](NO3)12·χsolvent obtained via the supramolecular assembly between a non-centrosymmetric Dy(III) metalloligand and Cu(II) nitrate. Magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate that the complex behaves as a single-molecule magnet.