The coherence time of the 17‐electron, mixed sandwich complex [CpTi(cot)], (η8‐cyclooctatetraene)(η5‐cyclopentadienyl)titanium, reaches 34 μs at 4.5 K in a frozen deuterated toluene solution. This is a remarkable coherence time for a highly protonated molecule. The intramolecular distances between the Ti and H atoms provide a good compromise between instantaneous and spin diffusion sources of decoherence. Ab initio calculations at the molecular and crystal packing levels reveal that the characteristic low‐energy ring rotations of the sandwich framework do not yield a too detrimental spin‐lattice relaxation because of their small spin–phonon coupling. The volatility of [CpTi(cot)] and the accessibility of the semi‐occupied, non‐bonding dnormalz2 orbital make this neutral compound an ideal candidate for single‐qubit addressing on surface and quantum sensing in combination with scanning probe microscopy.

Propeller-like [Fe(4)(L)(2)(dk)(6)] complexes, in which Hdk is a β-diketone and H(3)L is a tripodal alcohol, R-C(CH(2)OH)(3), exhibit tunable magnetic anisotropy barriers and retain their magnetic memory effect when chemically anchored on metal surfaces. Heteronuclear analogues of these M(4) complexes have been sought to afford a library of compounds with different total spin (S) values, but synthetic efforts described so far gave solid solutions containing M(4) in addition to the desired M(3)M' species. We now present a novel synthetic route to M(3)M' complexes featuring a central chromium(III) ion. The three-step preparation goes through coordination of Cr(III) by two equivalents of tripodal alkoxide (R = Et and Ph), followed by reaction of this complex "core" with the peripheral +III metal ions. Products have been characterised by chemical analyses together with (1)H-NMR, FTIR, W-band EPR, DC/AC magnetic susceptibility measurements and single crystal X-ray diffractometry. Due to the chemical inertness of Cr(III), this route yields 100% pure Fe(3)Cr complexes without metal scrambling; what is more, it is suitable for designing novel heteronuclear single molecule magnets (SMMs) with a variety of d- and f-metals and R groups.

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The selective replacement of the central iron(III) ion with vanadium(III) in a tetrairon(III) propeller-shaped single-molecule magnet has allowed us to increase the ground spin state from S=5 to S=13/2. As a consequence of the pronounced anisotropy of vanadium(III), the blocking temperature for the magnetization has doubled. Moreover, a significant remnant magnetization, practically absent in the parent homometallic molecule, has been achieved owing to the suppression of zero-field tunneling of the magnetization for the half-integer molecular spin. Interestingly, the contribution of vanadium(III) to the magnetic anisotropy barrier occurs through the anisotropic exchange interaction with iron(III) spins and not through single ion anisotropy as in most single-molecule magnets.

The reversible thermochromic behaviour of homoleptic [{V(OR)(4)}(n)] complexes in solution [R = Pr(i) (product I), Bu(s) (B(s)), Nep (N) and Cy (C)] is accounted for the existence of an aggregation equilibrium involving dimeric and monomeric species in which vanadium(iv) is respectively five- and four-coordinate. Bulky R groups such as Bu(t) and Pe(t) (tert-pentoxide) prevent aggregation and therefore give rise to exclusively mononuclear compounds (B(t) and P(t), respectively) that are not thermochromic. The complexes and their temperature-dependent interconversion were characterised by single crystal X-ray diffractometry, magnetic susceptibility measurements and electronic, FTIR and EPR spectroscopies in a wide temperature range. Equilibrium constants and enthalpy and entropy changes for the dimerization reactions have been determined and compared with literature data.

The coherence time of the 17‐electron, mixed sandwich complex [CpTi(cot)], (η8‐cyclooctatetraene)(η5‐cyclopentadienyl)titanium, reaches 34 μs at 4.5 K in a frozen deuterated toluene solution. This is a remarkable coherence time for a highly protonated molecule. The intramolecular distances between the Ti and H atoms provide a good compromise between instantaneous and spin diffusion sources of decoherence. Ab initio calculations at the molecular and crystal packing levels reveal that the characteristic low‐energy ring rotations of the sandwich framework do not yield a too detrimental spin‐lattice relaxation because of their small spin–phonon coupling. The volatility of [CpTi(cot)] and the accessibility of the semi‐occupied, non‐bonding dnormalz2 orbital make this neutral compound an ideal candidate for single‐qubit addressing on surface and quantum sensing in combination with scanning probe microscopy.

Seven-coordinate, pentagonal-bipyramidal (PBP) complexes [Ln(bbpen)Cl] and [Ln(bbppn)Cl], in which Ln = Tb 3+ (products I and II), Eu 3+ (III and IV), and Gd 3+ (V and VI), bbpen 2− = N,N'-bis(2-oxidobenzyl)-N,N'bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)ethylenediamine, and bbppnpropanediamine, were synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, alternating current magnetic susceptibility measurements, and photoluminescence (steady-state and time-resolved) spectroscopy.Under a static magnetic field of 0.1 T, the Tb 3+ complexes I and II revealed single-ion magnet (SIM) behavior. Also, upon excitation at 320 nm at 300 K, I and II presented very high absolute emission quantum yields (0.90 ± 0.09 and 0.92 ± 0.09 respectively), while the corresponding Eu 3+ complexes III and IV showed no photoluminescence.Detailed theoretical calculations on the intramolecular energy transfer (IET) rates for the Tb 3+ products indicated that both excited singlet and triplet ligand states contribute efficiently to the overall emission performance. The

Two discrete mononuclear complexes, [Tb(bbpen)(NO 3 )] (I) and [Tb(bbppn)(NO 3 )] (II), for which H 2 bbpen = N,N′-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)-N,N′-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)ethylenediamine and H 2 bbppn = N,N′-bis(2-hydroxylbenzyl)-N,N'-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-1,2-propanediamine, were synthesized and characterized by FTIR, Raman, and photoluminescence (PL, steady-state and time-resolved modes) spectroscopy. The attachment of a methyl group to the ethylenediamine portion of the ligand backbone differentiates II from I and acts as a determining feature to both the structural and optical properties of the former. The single-crystal X-ray structure of H 2 bbppn is described here for the first time, while that of complex II has been redetermined in the monoclinic C2 space group in light of new diffraction data. In II, selective crystallization leads to spontaneous resolution of enantiomeric molecules in different crystals. Absolute emission quantum yields (ϕ) and luminescence excited-state lifetimes (at room temperature and 11 K) were measured for both complexes. Despite their similar molecular structures, I and II exhibit remarkably different ϕ values of 21 ± 2% and 67 ± 7%, respectively, under UV excitation at room temperature. Results of quantum-mechanical (DFT and TD-DFT) calculations and experimental PL measurements also performed for H 2 bbpen and H 2 bbppn confirmed that both ligands are suitable to work as "antennas" for Tb III . Considering the 5 D 4 lifetime profiles and the significantly higher absolute quantum yield of II, it appears that thermally active nonradiative pathways present in I are minimized in II due to differences in the conformation of the ethylenediamine bridge.