Two series a and b of 3d metal based complexes 1–4 [MII{(4-R-NCOC6H4)2CH}2], (with M = Mn (1), Fe (2), Co (3), Ni (4) and R = H (a) or Me (b)) were synthesised and structurally as well as magnetically characterized.

From the sodium sodate precursor [(Na­(thf)6]­[Na­{(4-Me-NCOC6H3)2CH}2] (1) three isostructural dinuclear lanthanide complexes [(μ-Cl)­LnIII{(4-MeNCOC6H3)2CH}2]2 with Ln = Gd (2), Dy (3), and Er (4) based on the N,N′-chelating monoanionic bis­(4-methylbenzoxazol-2-yl)­methanide ligand (titled “Mebox”) were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction and magnetic measurements. The sodium precursor 1 was analyzed via X-ray diffraction and diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy experiments (DOSY-NMR) in order to investigate its aggregation in solution and the solid state. The sodium analog [(thf)3Na­(NCOC6H4)2CH] (1′) based on the bis­(benzoxazol-2-yl)-methanide ligand (titled “box”) was prepared and analyzed for comparison reasons. From the lanthanide derivatives 2–4, the DyIII complex 3 displays slow relaxation of magnetization at zero field, with a relaxation barrier of U = 315.7 cm–1. The coupling strength between the two lanthanide centers was estimated with the GdIII equivalent 2, giving a weak antiferromagnetic coupling of J = −0.035 cm–1.

Herein, we report the stabilization of nitrene reagents as the source of a nitrogen atom to synthesize nitrogen‐incorporated R1LSi‐N←SiLR2 (1) [L=PhC(NtBu)2; R1=NTMS2, R2=NTMS]. Compound 1 is synthesized by reacting LSi(I)‐SiIL with 3.1 equivalents of Me3SiN3 at low temperature to afford a triene‐like structural framework. Whereas the reaction of the LSi(I)‐SiIL with 2.1 equivalents of Me3SiN3 at room temperature produced silaimine 2 with a central four‐membered Si2N2 ring which is accompanied by a silylene LSi and a cleaved silylene fragment. 1 further reacts with AgOTf at room temperature to yield compound 3 which shows coordination of nitrene to silver with the triflate salt. The compounds 1 and 2 were fully characterized by NMR, mass spectrometry, and X‐ray crystallographic analysis. The quantum mechanical calculations reveal that compounds 1 and 2 have dicoordinated monovalent N atoms having two active lone pairs of electrons. These lone pairs are stabilized by hyperconjugative interactions.

Based on the potassium [{S(tBuN)2(tBuNH)}2K3(tmeda)‐K3{(HNtBu)(NtBu)2S}2] (1) and sodium precursors [S(tBuN)3(thf)3‐Na3SNa3(thf)3(NtBu)3S] (2), [S(tBuN)3(thf)3Na3{(HNtBu)(NtBu)2S}] (3) and [(tmeda)3S‐{Na3(NtBu)3S}2] (4) the syntheses and magnetic properties of three mixed metal triimidosulfite based alkali‐lanthanide‐metal‐cages [(tBuNH)Dy{K(0.5tmeda)}2{(NtBu)3S}2]n (5) and [ClLn{Na(thf)}2{(NtBu)3S}2] with Ln=Dy (6), Er (7) are reported. The corresponding potassium (1) and sodium (2–4) based cages are characterized through XRD and NMR experiments. Preventing lithium chloride co‐complexation led to a significant increase of SMM performance to previously reported sulfur‐nitrogen ligands. The subsequent DyIII‐complexes 5 and 6 display slow relaxation of magnetization at zero field, with relaxation barriers U=77.0 cm−1 for 5, 512.9 and 316.3 cm−1 for 6, respectively. Significantly, the latter complex 6 also exhibits a butterfly‐shaped hysteresis up to 7 K.

We describe the syntheses, solid-state structures, and magnetic properties of lanthanide(III)-tris(bis(heterocyclo)methanides) [(THF)M{(NCOC 6 H 4 ) 2 CH} 3 ], with M = Tb (1), Dy (2), Ho (3), and Er (4), respectively. The corresponding lanthanide bis(trimethylsilyl)amides have been prepared as starting materials to deprotonate the neutral bis(benzoxazol-2-yl)methane ({NCOC 6 H 4 } 2 CH 2 ) at the central methylene bridge to generate the monoanionic ligand. In the course of this investigations the hitherto unknown holmium tris(bis(trimethylsilyl)amide) is communicated in here. X-ray diffraction data of 1-4 demonstrate an almost planar ligand with metal coordination in an N,N'chelating fashion. Different to their d-metal analogous the magnetic data of the f-metal complexes presented here show no single-molecule magnet (SMM) properties.