“Squaring the clusters”: a MnIII4NiII4 molecular square from nickel(ii)-induced structural transformation of a MnII/III/IV12 cage†
Dimitris I. Alexandropoulos,Manolis J. Manos,Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou,Shreya Mukherjee,Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos,Spyros P. Perlepes,George Christou
Dalton Transactions Pub Date : 03/06/2012 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C2DT00030J
Abstract

A MnIII4NiII4 molecular square exhibiting slow magnetization relaxation has been prepared from the reaction of a MnII4MnIII6MnIV2 cluster and a simple NiII source.

Graphical abstract: “Squaring the clusters”: a MnIII4NiII4 molecular square from nickel(ii)-induced structural transformation of a MnII/III/IV12 cage