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