The design and preparation of stable cyanide-bearing six-coordinate complexes of formula
[MIII (L)(CN) x](x+ l− m)−(M= trivalent transition metal ion and L= polydentate blocking …

Polynuclear coordination clusters have become of particular interest in recent times as a
result of their relevance to bioinorganic chemistry and to the special area of molecule-based …

The promising potential applications, such as information processing and storage or
molecular spintronics, of single-molecule magnets (SMMs) have spurred on the research of …

The tridecanuclear heterovalent mixed-metal (Mn11Gd2) complex [MnIII9MnII2GdIII2 (O) 8
(OH) 2 (O2CR) 17 (NO3) 2 (H2O)] has been obtained from the reaction of the hexanuclear …

The reaction of [Mn6O2 (Piv) 10 (4‐Me‐py) 2.5 (PivH) 1.5](1)(py: pyridine, Piv: pivilate) with
N‐methyldiethanolamine (mdeaH2) and Ln (NO3) 3⋅ 6 H2O in MeCN leads to a series of …

For single-molecule magnet (SMM) behavior, molecular clusters require Ising
magnetoanisotropy (Dmol< 0) and a large ground-state spin multiplicity.[1] These …

The reaction between oxide-centered, triangular [MnIII3O (O2CR) 6 (py) 3](ClO4)(R= Me (1),
Et (2), Ph (3)) compounds and methyl 2-pyridyl ketone oxime (mpkoH) affords a new family …

A pseudocubic, paramagnetic cluster of ReII and MnII,[{MnCl} 4 {Re (triphos)(CN) 3} 4], has
been prepared, and its magnetic properties have been investigated. Antiferromagnetic …

This review covers single-molecule magnets, not only focussing on developments since
2005 but also including coverage of earlier work where necessary for understanding of …

Detailed studies are reported of a Mn12 single-molecule magnet (SMM) in truly axial
(tetragonal) symmetry. The complex is [Mn12O12 (O2CCH2Br) 16 (H2O) 4]⊙ 4CH2Cl2 (2⊙ …