3- and 4-(α-diazobenzyl)pyridine-N-oxides as photoresponsive magnetic couplers for 2p-4f heterospin systems: formation of carbene-Tb(III) and carbene-Dy(III) single-molecule magnets.

3- and 4-(α-diazophenyl)pyridine-N-oxides, and , were prepared as new photoresponsive magnetic couplers in heterospin systems. Lanthanide dinuclear complexes, [Ln(III)(tta)3()]2; Ln(III) = Gd (), Tb (), and Dy () and tta = 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(2-thienyl)-1,3-butanedionate, bridged with in µ2 coordination mode were obtained. The obtained , , and were isostructures. The isomeric complex, [Tb(III)(tta)3()]2 was also prepared. In the carbene-Ln(III) complexes [Ln(III)(tta)3( and )]2 generated by photolysis, regioselectively interacted with the Ln(III) ions through pyridine-N-oxide, in which the magnetic coupling of was weakly ferromagnetic, while that of was insignificant. Before and after irradiation of , no SMM behavior was observed. In contrast, the Tb(III) and Dy(III) complexes being anisotropic functioned as heterospin SMMs. Before irradiation, showed no SMM behavior. After irradiation, two species showing slow magnetic relaxations were produced and one of them exhibited SMM behavior with the thermal activation barrier, Ueff/kB = 30 K, and τ0 = 5.8 × 10(-8) s. In , SMM behaviors were observed before and after irradiation, and the Ueff/kB value of 102 K (τ0 = 3.6 × 10(-7) s) before irradiation was reduced to 39 K (τ0 = 1.5 × 10(-8) s) after irradiation.

One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Heterospin Complexes Consisting of 4-(N-tert-Butyloxylamino)pyridine (4NOpy), Dicyanamide Ion (DCA), and 3d Metal Ions: Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of [M(II)(4NOpy)x(DCA)y(CH3CN)z]n (M = Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn).

Solutions of 3d metal ion salts, M(NO3)2, 4-(N-tert-butyloxylamino)pyridine (4NOpy), and dicyanamide (DCA) in CH3CN were mixed to afford single crystals of the polymeric complexes [M(II)(4NOpy)x(DCA)y(CH3CN)z]n (M(II) = Mn (1), Co (2), Ni (3), Cu (4a and 4b), Zn (5)). X-ray crystallography revealed that the crystal structures are a three-dimensional (3-D) network for 1, 2-D networks for 2, 3, 4a, and 5, and a 1-D chain for 4b. Crystals of 2, 3, 4a, and 5 contained CH3CN molecules as crystal solvents, which were readily desorbed in the ambient atmosphere. After desorption of the CH3CN molecules, the crystal structures of 2 and 3 were confirmed to be slightly shrunk without destruction of the crystal lattice. Crystals of 2, 3, 4a, and 5 after desorption of crystal solvents were used for investigations of the magnetic properties. Complex 1 showed antiferromagnetic interactions to form a ferrimagnetic chain and exhibited the magnetic behavior of a 2-D (or 3-D) spin-canted antiferromagnet with TN = 12 K. Complex 2 containing anisotropic Co(II) ions also showed the behavior of a 1-D (or 2-D) spin-canted antiferromagnet with TN = 6 K. In 3, 4a, and 4b, the aminoxyl of 4NOpy ferromagnetically interacted with the metal ion with coupling constants of JM-NO/kB = 45, 45, and 43 K, respectively. In 5, the magnetic couplings between the aminoxyls in 4NOpy through the diamagnetic Zn(II) ion were weakly antiferromagntic (JNO-NO = -1.2 K). DCA might be a weak antiferromagnetic connector for the metal chains.

Preparations, crystal structures, and magnetic properties of N,N-dipyridylaminoxyl as a new magnetic coupler and its one-dimensional cobalt(II) chains.

N,N-Dipyridilaminoxyl, NOpy(2), having a stable aminoxyl, was prepared as a new magnetic coupler for heterospin systems. Solutions of NOpy(2) were mixed with those of bis{1,1,1,5,5,5, hexafluoro-4-(phenylimino)-2-pentanonate}cobalt derivatives, Co(hfpip-X)(2), at a 1:1 ratio to afford the polymeric cobalt(II) complexes, [Co(hfpip-X)(2)(NOpy(2))](n); X = H (1), F (2), F(3) (3), F(5) (4), Cl (5), Cl(3) (6), Br (7), and I (8) as single crystals. In all complexes, the local structures of the cobalt-complex units were compressed octahedra and the pyridine ligands in NOpy(2) units coordinated to the cobalt ions in trans configuration to form linear chains for 1-4 and in cis configuration to form helical chains for 5-8. In the chains, the aminoxyl in NOpy(2) ferromagnetically interacted with the cobalt ions to produce the ferromagnetic chains with J(intra)/k(B) = 9-14 K. In the magnetic susceptibility experiments of aligned sample of 6, the magnetic easy axis was determined to be the a* axis, which was the direction perpendicular to the b axis of the chain axis. The resulting chains, all except 4, interacted antiferromagnetically among each other, and especially in 1, 5, 7, and 8, the magnetic behaviors characteristic to canted two-dimensional (2D) antiferromagnets with T(c) = 5.6, 4.0, 4.0, and 6.2 K, respectively, were observed. All complexes showed slow magnetic relaxations affected by the interchain antiferromagnetic interaction. The effective activation barriers, Δ(eff)/k(B), for the reorientation of the magnetism for all complexes except 4 were estimated to be 25-39 K in the presence of a direct current (dc) field.