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Two dysprosium complexes bearing unsupported Dy–Ge/Sn metal–metal bonds are reported here, wherein the Dy–Ge and Dy–Sn bonds both contain relatively large covalency. The complexes exhibit slow relaxation of magnetization at zero field with energy barriers of 485 and 620 K, respectively, and the blocking temperature of 6 K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a field-induced single-ion magnet [(dtc)3Dy(phen)] (dtc− = diethyldithiocarbamate anion), replacing two of the S-based dtc− ligands with O-based dbm− ligands (dbm− = dibenzoylmethanoate anion) leads to a significant enhancement of magnetic anisotropy, yielding a rarely reported sulfur-ligated lanthanide-based single-ion magnet [(dbm)2Dy(dtc)(phen)]. Ab initio calculations reveal that the gz value of [(dbm)2Dy(dtc)(phen)] is much larger than that of [(dtc)3Dy(phen)], consistent with the experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Terminal fluoride ligands generate strong magnetic anisotropy in air-stable chiral dysprosium enantiomers supported by a bulky equatorial macrocycle, exhibiting a typical zero-field single-molecule magnet behaviour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Five β-diketone based Dy(III) single-ion magnets (SIMs), [DyIII(TTA)3(AIP)]·0.5CH3CH2OH·0.5H2O (1), [DyIII(TTA)3(APIP)]·2CH3OH·H2O (2), [DyIII(TTA)3(DPP)] (3), [DyIII(TTA)3(BPP)]·0.5CH3CH2OH (4) and [DyIII(TTA)3(AIP)]·1.5H2O (5), were fully synthesized through alteration of their phenanthroline derivates (AIP = 2-(anthracen-9-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline, APIP = 2-(4-(anthracen-9-yl)phenyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline, DPP = 2,3-diphenylpyrazino[2,3-f][1,10]phenanthroline and BPP = 2,3-bis(2,5-dimethylthiophen-3-yl)pyrazino[2,3-f][1,10]phenanthroline). Magnetic investigations reveal that all the complexes perform as SIMs, with notably different effective barriers of 69.4 K (1), 147.3 K (2), 122.1 K (3) and 234.2 K (4) in zero direct current (dc) field. Complexes of 2 and 4 possess almost twofold higher effective barriers compared to 1 and 3. By analyzing the crystal structures, the distinct magnetic dynamics was found to stem from the variation in intermolecular hydrogen bond interactions and charge delocalization of auxiliary ligands. With the help of ab initio calculations, a change of auxiliary ligand brings about varying intensities of quantum tunnelling magnetization (QTM), which account for the distinguishable magnetic dynamics. With a combination of experimental and theoretical analyses, this work provides a visual and instructive perspective to the understanding of fine tuning auxiliary ligands to design structurally modulated SIMs of mononuclear β-diketone dysprosium(III) complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By using paramagnetic [Fe(CN)6]3− anions in place of diamagnetic [Co(CN)6]3− anions, two field‐induced mononuclear single‐molecular magnets, [Nd(18‐crown‐6)(H2O)4][Co(CN)6]⋅2 H2O (1) and [Nd(18‐crown‐6)(H2O)4][Fe(CN)6]⋅2 H2O (2), have been synthesized and characterized. Single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis revealed that compounds 1 and 2 were ionic complexes. The NdIII ions were located inside the cavities of the 18‐crown‐6 ligands and were each bound by four water molecules on either side of the crown ether. Magnetic investigations showed that these compounds were both field‐induced single‐molecular magnets. By comparing the slow relaxation behaviors of compounds 1 and 2, we found significant differences between the direct and Raman processes for these two complexes, with a stronger direct process in compound 2 at low temperatures. Complete active space self‐consistent field (CASSCF) calculations were also performed on two [Nd(18‐crown‐6)(H2O)4]3+ fragments of compounds 1 and 2. Ab initio calculations showed that the magnetic anisotropies of the NdIII centers in complexes 1 and 2 were similar to each other, which indicated that the difference in relaxation behavior was not owing to the magnetic anisotropy of NdIII. Our analysis showed that the magnetic interaction between the NdIII ion and the low‐spin FeIII ion in complex 2 played an important role in enhancing the direct process and suppressing the Raman process of the single‐molecular magnet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]