A tetracobalt(ii) cluster with a two vertex truncated dicubane topology endogenously supported by carboxylate-based (2-pyridyl)methylamine ligands: magneto-structural and DFT studies

Abstract

Detailed magneto-structural studies on a defective dicubane coordination cluster with structural core {CoII4Cl2(μ-1,1-OCO)4(μ3-OCH3)2} reveal two ferromagnetic and an antiferromagnetic exchange coupling, which is rationalized by DFT calculations.