1. Magnetic anisotropy of two tetrahedral Co(II)-halide complexes with triphenylphosphine ligands.
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Lv, Wei, Cui, Hui-Hui, Chen, Lei, Zhang, Yi-Quan, Chen, Xue-Tai, Wang, Zhenxing, Ouyang, Zhong-Wen, and Xue, Zi-Ling
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MAGNETIC anisotropy , *MAGNETIC measurements , *AB-initio calculations , *X-ray crystallography , *MAGNETIC susceptibility , *MAGNETIC properties - Abstract
Recently, the choice of ligand and geometric control of mononuclear complexes, which can affect the relaxation pathways and blocking temperature, have received wide attention in the field of single-ion magnets (SIMs). To find out the influence of the coordination environment on SIMs, two four-coordinate mononuclear Co(II) complexes [NEt4][Co(PPh3)X3] (X = Cl−, 1; Br−, 2) have been synthesized and studied by X-ray single crystallography, magnetic measurements, high-frequency and -field EPR (HF-EPR) spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. Both complexes are in a cubic space group Pa3¯ (No. 205), containing a slightly distorted tetrahedral moiety with crystallographically imposed C3v symmetry through the [Co(PPh3)X3]− anion. The direct-current (dc) magnetic data and HF-EPR spectroscopy indicated the anisotropic S = 3/2 spin ground states of the Co(II) ions with the easy-plane anisotropy for 1 and 2. Ab initio calculations were performed to confirm the positive magnetic anisotropies of 1 and 2. Frequency- and temperature-dependent alternating-current (ac) magnetic susceptibility measurements revealed slow magnetic relaxation for 1 and 2 at an applied dc field. Finally, the magnetic properties of 1 and 2 were compared to those of other Co(II) complexes with a [CoAB3] moiety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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