Mithun Chandra Majee

Introduction The design and synthesis of homo- and heterometallic coordination compounds has been attracting increasing research attention, owing to their potential as new magnetic materials,(1) as well as their relevance to bioinorganic chemistry.(2−4) Among such materials, particularly important are compounds containing multiple metallic atoms(5−19) that may be single-molecule magnets (SMMs) or single-chain magnets (SCMs) and therefore useful for high-density information storage, spintronic...

A new family of [3+3] hexanuclear 3d-4f complexes [(?3 CO3){CoIILnIIIL(?3-OH)(OH2)}3](ClO4)·mC2H5OH·nH2O [Ln = La (1), Gd (2), Tb (3), Dy (4), and Ho (5)] have been prepared in moderate to high yields (62-78%) following a self-assembly reaction between the ligand 6,6',6''-(nitrilotris(methylene))tris-(2-methoxy-4-methylphenol) (H3L), Co(OAc)2·4H2O and the lanthanide ion precursors in the mandatory presence of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide.