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The employment of the [1+1] condensation approach for the preparation of new macrocyclic scaffolds (LN6 and LN3O3) towards high-performance Dy(III) single-molecule magnets (SMMs) with pseudo-D6h symmetry is described. Engineering of the macrocycles denticity from LN6 to LN3O3 leads to a mononuclear SMM with a large Ueff value of 1300 K. The experimental results are supported by ab initio calculations, which indicate relaxation of the magnetization via the second-excited state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Self-assembly reactions of CoII ions in the presence of the 2,2-bipyrimidine (bpym) ligand produced both a dinuclear and an octanuclear cation with the nuclearity being governed by hydrogen-bonding versus anion–π interactions between the anions and the ligands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The synthesis of a new family of ferromagnetically-coupled {Ni10} clusters counterbalanced by various [Ln(NO3)5]2− ions is herein described. The resulting compounds are organic chelate-free and the metal ions are exclusively bridged by end-on azido ligands to stabilize a beautiful disk-like topology reminiscent of the structure of the brucite mineral. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A family of nanosized {Cu6Ln12} clusters with a ‘windmill’-like topology was prepared from the employment of 2,6-diacetylpyridine dioxime, in conjunction with bridging N3−, in 3d/4f-metal chemistry; the octadecanuclear compounds exhibit single-molecule magnetism behavior and large magnetic entropy changes, depending on the 4f-metal ion present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]