Assembly of pinwheel/twist-shaped chiral lanthanide clusters with rotor structures by an annular/linear growth mechanism and their magnetic properties

Although progress has been made in the design and synthesis of chiral lanthanide clusters with pleasing structural connections and special shapes, assembly rules that guide their directional construction are still lacking. We reacted R/S-mandelic acid hydrazide, 2,3-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and DyCl