Abstract
The hydrolysis of Ln(ClO4)3 in the presence of acetate leads to the assembly of the three largest known lanthanide-exclusive cluster complexes, [Nd104(ClO4)6(CH3COO)60(μ3-OH)168(μ4-O)30(H2O)112]·(ClO4)18·(CH3CH2OH)8·xH2O (1, x ∼ 158) and [Ln104(ClO4)6(CH3COO)56(μ3-OH)168(μ4-O)30(H2O)112]·(ClO4)22·(CH3CH2OH)2·xH2O (2, Ln = Nd; 3, Ln = Gd; x ≈ 140). The structure of the common 104-lanthanide core, abbreviated as Ln8@Ln48@Ln24@Ln24, features a four-shell arrangement of the metal atoms contained in an innermost cube (a Platonic solid) and, moving outward, three Archimedean solids: a truncated cuboctahedron, a truncated octahedron, and a rhombicuboctahedron. The magnetic entropy change of δSm = 46.9 J kg-1 K-1 at 2 K for δH = 7 T in the case of the Gd104 cluster is the largest among previously known lanthanide-exclusive cluster compounds.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 17938-17941 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 136 |
Issue number | 52 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 31 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- General Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Colloid and Surface Chemistry