@article{10902/33155,
year = {2019},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/33155},
abstract = {The chelating ligand 1,3-bis(tris-(hydroxymethyl)methylamino)propane (H₆L) has been used
to synthesize a family of octanuclear heterometallic complexes with the formula (NMe₄)₃[Mn₄Ln₄(H₂L)₃(H₃L)(NO₃)₁₂] (Ln = La (1), Ce (2), Pr (3), Nd (4)). Encapsulation by the ligand causes the Mn(III) centers to lie in an unusually distorted (∼C₂v) environment, which is shown by density functional theory and complete active space self-consistent
field calculations to impact on the magnetic anisotropy of the Mn(III) ion. The theoretical study also supports the experimental observation of a ferromagnetic superexchange
interaction between the Mn(III) ions in 1, despite the ions being separated by the diamagnetic La(III) ion. The optical properties of the compounds show that the distortion of the Mn(III) ions leads to three broad absorption bands originating from the transition metal ion, while the Nd(III) containing complex also displays some weak sharp features arising from the lanthanide f−f transitions.},
organization = {MINECO under Project MAT2015-69508-P is also acknowledged (R.V.).},
publisher = {American Chemical Society},
publisher = {Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58(20), 13815-13825},
title = {Magnetic properties of a family of [Mnⅼⅼⅼ₄Lnⅼⅼⅼ₄] wheel complexes: an experimental and theoretical study},
author = {Craig, Gavin A. and Velmurugan, Gunasekaran and Wilson, Claire and Valiente Barroso, Rafael and Rajaraman, Gopalan and Murrie, Mark},
}