A large family of chromium(III) dimers has been synthesised and magneto-structurally characterised using a combination of carboxylate and diethanolamine type ligands. The compounds have the general formula . Removal of the carboxylate to produce the dialkoxide-bridged compound 9 resulted in antiferromagnetic (AFM) exchange between the Cr(III) ions. DFT calculations reveal the ferromagnetic exchange is the result of an orbital counter-complementarity effect occuring upon introduction of the bridging carboxylate.

The tetrahedral [NiII4L6]8+ cage can reversibly bind paramagnetic MX41/2− guests, inducing magnetic exchange interactions between host and guest.

Two new families of cobalt(II/III)‒lanthanide(III) coordination aggregates have been reported: Tetranuclear [LnIII2CoIII2L2(N‒BuDEA)2(O2CCMe3)4(H2O)2]•(MeOH)n•(H2O)m (Ln = Gd, 1; Tb, 2; Dy, 3; n=2, m=10 for 1 and 2; n=6, m=2 for 3)...

The design and synthesis of Schiff base H2L, (2-{[(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl)imino]methyl}phenol) bearing ONOO donor set has been explored for its reactivity pattern with LnCl3∙6H2O (Ln = GdIII and DyIII) and Ni(CH3CO2)2∙4H2O in...

Two new paths for coordination driven self-assembly reactions under the binding supports of 2-((1-hydroxy-2-methylpropan-2-ylimino)methyl)-6-methoxyphenol (H2L) have been discovered from reactions of Cu(ClO4)2·6H2O, NEt3 and GdCl3/DyCl3·6H2O in MeOH/CHCl3 (2:1) medium. Similar...