A Stable Hybrid Bisphosphonate Polyoxometalate Single-Molecule Magnet
A Stable Hybrid Bisphosphonate Polyoxometalate Single-Molecule Magnet
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DOI:
10.1002/chem.201200140
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发表时间:
2012-03-01
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4.3
通讯作者:
Mialane, Pierre
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作者:
El Moll, Hani;Dolbecq, Anne;Mialane, Pierre
The long history of polyoxometalate (POM) chemistry initially featured the characterization of diamagnetic species.[1] However, the last few decades have seen the development of several families of paramagnetic POM molecules that display a diverse range of structures and properties. These entities can be of nanosize scale, as exemplified by the discovery of the spin-frustrated Keplerate clusters of general formula {(Mo) Mo5} 12M30 (M= FeIII, CrIII, VIV).[2] Although of smaller size than these molybdenum compounds, high-nuclearity polyoxovanadate mixed-valent species have also been characterized. The unexpectedly strong magnetic couplings observed in a number of these systems have been studied in detail both experimentally and theoretically.[3] The third—and most extended—magnetic POM family is that of polyoxotungstates. Large clusters in which vacant polyoxotungstate ligands encapsulate 3d [4] or 4f [5] metals have been obtained, and most of these systems are purely inorganic. In particular, very few hybrid polynuclear 3d magnetic polyoxotungstates synthesized under mild conditions have been characterized to date.[6] Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, no general method for the preparation of hybrid, soluble, and stable polyoxotungstates encapsulating magnetic clusters has been proposed. This contrasts with the case of the diamagnetic polyoxotungstates, for which numerous triol-functionalized, organosilyl and organostannic derivatives have been reported.[7] Hybrid molybdenum-based POM chemistry has also been widely developed, but mainly {Mo6} Lindqvist and Anderson-type systems encapsulating a maximum of one 3d cation have been used as a platform for connecting various organic substrates.[7] The establishment of a method allowing the rational synthesis of stable hybrid POMs incorporating several divalent or trivalent 3d metal centers thus remains a challenge. Such materials would be of interest in various fields as they would permit the covalent grafting of POMs containing 3d clusters to a range of organic substrates or surfaces, and thus the elaboration of new functional materials. For example, the covalent connection of photoactive organic groups to multi-electrochromic 3d-substituted inorganic entities may afford optical materials with new properties. Alternatively, CoII-substituted polyoxotungstates have been shown to be efficient photocatalysts,[8] which may in itself motivate the search for related hybrid materials. Clearly, hybrid 3d magnetic polyoxotungstates are also interesting in the molecular magnetism field. Since 2008, it is known that 3d-[9] or 4f-substituted [10] polyoxotungstates can behave as single molecule magnets (SMMs). Moreover, deposition of POM SMMs on single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) has provided evidence that individual POM molecules present a slow relaxation of the magnetization,[11] a crucial point with respect to the potential use of such nanocomposites as information storage devices.[12] However, in such a system, no control of the SWCNT/POM interface is possible. This is due to the purely inorganic nature of the deposited POM—a characteristic of all the 3d POM SMMs species reported to date. Indeed, the reinforcement of the interactions between the two components via covalent grafting or π–π stacking together with the control of the POM/substrate distance obviously implies the elaboration of hybrid POM SMM systems. Herein, we report the characterization of the polyanion [{(B-α-PW9O34) Co3 (OH) ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (H2O) 2ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (O3PC (O) ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (C3H6NH3)-PO3)} 2Co] 14À (1), which is built of a heptanuclear CoII core …