Volume 133, Issue 11 pp. 6107-6111
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Bis-Cyclooctatetraenyl Thulium(II): Highly Reducing Lanthanide Sandwich Single-Molecule Magnets

Dr. Jules Moutet

Dr. Jules Moutet

LCM, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique Paris, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, cedex, France

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Jules Schleinitz

Jules Schleinitz

LCM, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique Paris, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, cedex, France

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Léo La Droitte

Léo La Droitte

Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes)–UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France

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Maxime Tricoire

Maxime Tricoire

LCM, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique Paris, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, cedex, France

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Dr. Fabrice Pointillart

Dr. Fabrice Pointillart

Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes)–UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France

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Dr. Frédéric Gendron

Dr. Frédéric Gendron

Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes)–UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France

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Dr. Thomas Simler

Dr. Thomas Simler

LCM, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique Paris, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, cedex, France

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Dr. Carine Clavaguéra

Dr. Carine Clavaguéra

Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000, 91405 Orsay cedex, France

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Dr. Boris Le Guennic

Dr. Boris Le Guennic

Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes)–UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France

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Dr. Olivier Cador

Corresponding Author

Dr. Olivier Cador

Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes)–UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France

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Dr. Grégory Nocton

Corresponding Author

Dr. Grégory Nocton

LCM, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique Paris, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, cedex, France

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First published: 08 December 2020
Citations: 9

In memory of Professor R. A. Andersen

Abstract

Divalent lanthanide organometallics are well-known highly reducing compounds usually used for single electron transfer reactivity and small molecule activation. Thus, their very reactive nature prevented for many years the study of their physical properties, such as magnetic studies on a reliable basis. Herein, the access to rare organometallic sandwich compounds of TmII with the cyclooctatetraenyl (Cot) ligand impacts on the use of divalent organolanthanide compounds as an additional strategy for the design of performing Single Molecule Magnets (SMM). The first divalent thulium sandwich complex with f13 configuration behaving as a single-molecule magnet in absence of DC field is highlighted.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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