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Single-Molecule Magnets: Jahn−Teller Isomerism and the Origin of Two Magnetization Relaxation Processes in Mn12 Complexes
Several single-molecule magnets with the composition [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O) x ] (x = 3 or 4) exhibit two out-of-phase ac magnetic susceptibility signals, one in the 4−7 K region and the other in the 2−3 K region. New Mn12 complexes were prepared and structurally characterized, and the origin of the t...
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| Published in: | Inorganic chemistry 2001-04, Vol.40 (9), p.2127-2146 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Several single-molecule magnets with the composition [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O) x ] (x = 3 or 4) exhibit two out-of-phase ac magnetic susceptibility signals, one in the 4−7 K region and the other in the 2−3 K region. New Mn12 complexes were prepared and structurally characterized, and the origin of the two magnetization relaxation processes was systematically examined. Different crystallographic forms of a Mn12 complex with a given R substituent exist where the two forms have different compositions of solvent molecules of crystallization and this results in two different arrangements of bound H2O and carboxylate ligands for the two crystallographically different forms with the same R substituent. The X-ray structure of cubic crystals of [Mn12O12(O2CEt)16(H2O)3]· 4H2O (space group P1̄) (complex 2a) has been reported previously. The more prevalent needle-form of [Mn12O12(O2CEt)16(H2O)3] (complex 2b) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c, which at −170 °C has a = 16.462(7) Å, b = 22.401(9) Å, c = 20.766(9) Å, β = 103.85(2)°, and Z = 4. The arrangements of H2O and carboxylate ligands on the Mn12 molecule are different in the two crystal forms. The complex [Mn12O12-(O2CC6H4-p-Cl)16(H2O)4]·8CH2Cl2 (5) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c, which at −172 °C has a = 29.697(9) Å, b = 17.708(4) Å, c = 30.204(8) Å, β = 102.12(2)°, and Z = 4. The ac susceptibility data for complex 5 show that it has out-of-phase signals in both the 2−3 K and the 4−7 K ranges. X-ray structures are also reported for two isomeric forms of the p-methylbenzoate complex. [Mn12O12(O2CC6H4-p-Me)16(H2O)4]· (HO2CC6H4-p-Me) (6) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c, which at 193 K has a = 40.4589(5) Å, b = 18.2288(2) Å, c = 26.5882(4) Å, β = 125.8359(2)°, and Z = 4. [Mn12O12(O2CC6H4-p-Me)16(H2O)4]·3(H2O) (7) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group I2/a, which at 223 K has a = 29.2794(4) Å, b = 32.2371(4) Å, c = 29.8738(6) Å, β = 99.2650(10)°, and Z = 8. The Mn12 molecules in complexes 6 and 7 differ in their arrangements of the four bound H2O ligands. Complex 6 exhibits an out-of-phase ac peak (χM‘ ‘) in the 2−3 K region, whereas the hydrate complex 7 has a χM‘ ‘ signal in the 4−7 K region. In addition, however, in complex 6, one MnIII ion has an abnormal Jahn−Teller distortion axis oriented at an oxide ion, and thus 6 and 7 are Jahn−Teller isomers. This reduces the symmetry of the core of complex 6 compared with complex 7. Thus, complex 6 likely has a larger tunneli |
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| ISSN: | 0020-1669 1520-510X |
| DOI: | 10.1021/ic000911+ |