Exploiting host–guest chemistry to manipulate magnetic interactions in metallosupramolecular M <sub>4</sub> L <sub>6</sub> tetrahedral cages
Aaron J. Scott, Julia Vallejo, Arup Sarkar, Lucy Smythe, Emma Regincós Martí, Gary S. Nichol, Wim T. Klooster, Simon J. Coles, Mark Murrie, Gopalan Rajaraman, Stergios Piligkos, Paul J. Lusby, Euan K. Brechin
Abstract
The tetrahedral [Ni <sup>II</sup> <sub>4</sub> <bold>L</bold> <sub>6</sub> ] <sup>8+</sup> cage can reversibly bind paramagnetic MX <sub>4</sub> <sup>1/2−</sup> guests, inducing magnetic exchange interactions between host and guest.
Topics & Concepts
TetrahedronChemistryCrystallographyParamagnetismHost (biology)PhysicsCondensed matter physicsBiologyEcologyMagnetism in coordination complexesSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesAdvanced NMR Techniques and Applications