The carboxylate ligand,[RCO 2]−, is one of the most versatile and hence also one of the most
ubiquitous ligands in coordination chemistry.(1-4) Although fairly simple coordination modes …

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 synthesis, structures, and magnetic properties of six families of cobalt–lanthanide mixed-
metal phosphonate complexes are reported in this Article. These six families can be divided …

Magnetic refrigeration is based on the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) which relies on the
entropy change of a material when placed in a magnetic field. 1 Molecular magnets have …

Three 3d–4f phosphonate complexes,[CoII8GdIII8 (μ3-OH) 4 (NO3) 4 (O3PtBu) 8 (O2CtBu)
16],[CoII8GdIII4 (O3PtBu) 6 (O2CtBu) 16] and [CoII4GdIII6 (O3PCH2Ph) 6 (O2CtBu) 14 …

Metal phosphonate chemistry has witnessed a rapid development during the past two
decades. Numerous compounds have been synthesized which show new architectures and …

Conspectus Transition metal based high nuclearity molecular magnetic cages are a very
important class of compounds owing to their potential applications in fabricating new …

Two novel mixed-valent manganese (MnII/MnIII) cluster compounds were synthesized in
solvothermal reactions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, bond valence …

The use of phosphonic acids in the synthesis of mixed-metal CeMn complexes has led to the
formation of two phosphonate complexes with unusual topologies:[Ce2Mn6O6 (OH) 5 (t …

Reactions of 2-(1-Imidazole)-1-hydroxyl-1, 1′-ethylidenediphosphonic acid (ImhedpH4)
and cobalt or manganese salts under hydrothermal conditions result in three new metal …