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Title: Axial Elongation of Mononuclear Lanthanide Metallocenophanes: Magnetic Properties of Dysprosium‐ and Terbium‐[1]Ruthenocenophane Complexes
Abstract

We report the first f‐block‐ruthenocenophane complexes1(Dy) and2(Tb) and provide a comparative discussion of their magnetic structure with respect to earlier reported ferrocenophane analogues. While axial elongation of the rare trigonal‐prismatic geometry stabilizes the magnetic ground state in the case of Dy3+and results in a larger barrier to magnetization reversal (U), a decrease inUis observed for the case of Tb3+.

 
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Award ID(s):
1753014
PAR ID:
10156535
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume:
59
Issue:
32
ISSN:
1433-7851
Page Range / eLocation ID:
p. 13335-13340
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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