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American Chemical Society, Inorganic Chemistry, 22(53), p. 11809-11811, 2014

DOI: 10.1021/ic501520c

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Single-Molecule-Magnet Behavior in Mononuclear Homoleptic Tetrahedral Uranium(III) Complexes

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Abstract

The magnetic properties of the two uranium coordination compounds, [K(18c6)][U(OSi(O(t)Bu)3)4] and [K(18c6)][U(N(SiMe3)2)4], both presenting the U(III) ion in similar pseudotetrahedral coordination environments but with different O- or N-donor ligands, have been measured. The static magnetic susceptibility measurements and density functional theory studies suggest the presence of different ligand fields in the two compounds. Alternating-current susceptibility studies conducted at frequencies ranging from 95 to 9995 Hz and at temperatures in the 1.7-10 K range revealed for both compounds slow magnetic relaxation already at zero static magnetic field with similar energy barriers U ∼24 K.