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Cyanide clusters of ReII with 3d metal ions and their magnetic properties: incorporating anisotropic ions into metal-cyanide clusters with high spin magnetic ground states
dc.contributor.advisor | Dunbar, Kim R. | |
dc.creator | Schelter, Eric John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2005-08-29T14:35:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2005-08-29T14:35:38Z | |
dc.date.created | 2003-05 | |
dc.date.issued | 2005-08-29 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2205 | |
dc.description.abstract | Clusters of metal ions that possess large numbers of magnetically coupled unpaired electrons have attracted much interest in recent years due to their fascinating magnetic behavior. With an appreciable component of magnetic anisotropy, these large-spin paramagnetic molecules can exhibit an energy barrier to inversion of their magnetic dipole, leading to spontaneous magnetization and magnetic hysteresis below a critical temperature. Since this behavior is a property of an individual clusters rather than a collection of molecules, this phenomenon has been dubbed ??Single Molecule Magnetism??. Our approach to the study of new high-spin systems has been to exert a measure of synthetic control in the preparation of clusters. Specifically we are employing highly anisotropic metal ions with the anticipation that these ions would engender large overall magnetic anisotropy in the resulting clusters. The first step in this process was the development of the chemistry of two new d5 ReII (S = ??) complexes, namely [ReII(triphos)(CH3CN)3][PF6]2 and [Et4N][ReII(triphos)(CN)3]. The magnetic, optical and electrochemical properties were studied and theoretical models were developed to describe the origin of the large temperature independent paramagnetism that was observed. Next, we successfully employed transition metal cyanide chemistry using the ReII building blocks to prepare a family of isostructural, cubic clusters of the general formula {[MCl]4[Re(triphos)(CN)3]4} M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn whose 3d ions adopt local tetrahedral geometries. Within the clusters, magnetic exchange is observed between the paramagnetic ions, which has been modeled using an Ising exchange model to account for the dominating anisotropy of the ReII ion. Despite the high pseudo-symmetry of the clusters (Td), this work has yielded a rare example of a metal-cyanide single molecule magnet, {[MCl]4[Re(triphos)(CN)3]4} with an S = 8 ground state, D = -0.39 cm-1 and an effective energy barrier for magnetization reversal of Ueff = 8.8 cm-1. The elucidation of this family of isostructural clusters has also allowed us to pursue fundamental work on the structure/property relationships of the exotic, paramagnetic ReII ion. As the clusters are soluble, stable compounds, the future of this chemistry lies in the development of a true building-block approach to ??super-clusters?? that exhibit very high ground state spin values. | en |
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dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
dc.subject | rhenium | en |
dc.subject | cluster compounds | en |
dc.subject | magnetic properties | en |
dc.subject | cyanides | en |
dc.subject | single molecule magnetism | en |
dc.subject | electrochemistry | en |
dc.title | Cyanide clusters of ReII with 3d metal ions and their magnetic properties: incorporating anisotropic ions into metal-cyanide clusters with high spin magnetic ground states | en |
dc.type | Book | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.department | Chemistry | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Chemistry | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Cotton, F. A. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Gabbai, Francois P. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hughbanks, Timothy R. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Pokrovsky, Valery L. | |
dc.type.genre | Electronic Dissertation | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | born digital | en |
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