Single-ion magnet behaviour of heptacoordinated Fe(II) complexes: on the importance of supramolecular organization

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Feb 28;51(17):3616-9. doi: 10.1039/c4cc10182k.

Abstract

Supramolecular organization of a metal complex may significantly contribute to the magnetization dynamics of mononuclear SMMs. This is illustrated for a heptacoordinated Fe(II) complex with rather moderate Ising-type anisotropy for which a slow magnetization relaxation with significant energy barrier was reached when this complex was properly organized in the crystal lattice. Incidentally, it is the first example of single-ion magnet behaviour of Fe(II) in a pentagonal bipyramid surrounding.