Connecting mononuclear dysprosium single-molecule magnets to form dinuclear complexes via in situ ligand oxidation

Nathan J Yutronkie; Irina A Kühne; Ilia Korobkov; Jaclyn L Brusso; Muralee Murugesu

doi:10.1039/c5cc07629c

Connecting mononuclear dysprosium single-molecule magnets to form dinuclear complexes via in situ ligand oxidation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jan 14;52(4):677-80. doi: 10.1039/c5cc07629c.

Authors

Nathan J Yutronkie¹, Irina A Kühne¹, Ilia Korobkov¹, Jaclyn L Brusso¹, Muralee Murugesu¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Canada. jbrusso@uottawa.ca m.murugesu@uottawa.ca.

PMID: 26567706
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc07629c

Abstract

A Dy2 complex, exhibiting SMM behaviour, and its Y analogue were prepared via in situ oxidation of Py2TTA, a pincer type ligand, followed by dimerisation. This unique metal complexation and subsequent dimerization were followed by solution NMR studies.