Templating metallocycles with a macrocycle: synthesis, structures and magnetic studies of {Cr11M2} complexes

Rajeh Alotaibi, Adam Brookfield, Jonathan M. Fowler, George F.S. Whitehead, Selena J. Lockyer, Grigore A. Timco, David Collison*, Jürgen Schnack, Richard E.P. Winpenny*

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Abstract

Addition of 1,4,8,11-tetrazacyclotetradecane (cyclam) to a reaction that produces octametallic rings when simpler amines are used, produces {Cr11M2} “pretzels” (M = ZnII or CuII) where the cyclam coordinates to the MII ion which then sits at the centre of a twelve-metal macrocycle. Magnetic studies were fitted using the finite-temperature Lanczos method (FTLM), and the results demonstrate that exchange interactions are transferable from previous exchange-coupled CrIII rings.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20-23
Number of pages4
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume52
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 2022

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