“…In a large group of mononuclear 3d-SMMs, which usually consist of complexes with lower coordination numbers (ranging between 2 and 6), the seven-coordinate complexes represent a relatively small and interesting family of compounds in comparison with a large group of tetra-/pentacoordinate complexes . In most cases, seven-coordinate complexes of Ni II , Fe II , and Co II with pentagonal–bipyramidal geometry involving polyamino/oxo or Schiff base ligands with an open-chain structure, e.g., H 2 L1a , − H 2 L1b , , H 2 L1c , and H 2 L2 , or macrocyclic, e.g., 15-pydienN 3 O 2 , , 15-pydienN 5 , 15-pyN 3 O 2 = L , L3 , L4 , L5 , L6 , and L7 (Figure ) were investigated. Ni II and Fe II complexes revealed usually large easy-axis magnetic anisotropy ( D < 0) with slow relaxation of magnetization observed in the case of heteronuclear complexes [{Ni(H 2 L1a )} 3 {W(CN) 8 } 2 ] (below the blocking temperature T N = 3.6 K, τ 0 = 1.6 × 10 –9 s, U eff = 30 K) and [Fe(H 2 L1a )Ni(CN) 4 ] n (polymeric one-dimensional (1D) chain with τ 0 = 2 × 10 –9 s and U eff = 34 cm –1 ), and more recently also in the case of mononuclear complexes [Fe(H 2 L1a )Cl 2 ] and [Fe(H 2 L1c )Cl 2 ] (τ 0 = 5 × 10 –9 s and U eff = 53 cm –1 ) .…”