Lanthanoid coordination prompts unusually distorted pseudo-octahedral Ni<sup>II</sup> coordination in heterodinuclear Ni–Ln complexes: synthesis, structure and understanding of magnetic behaviour through experiment and computation
Biswarup Dutta, Thierry Guizouarn, Fabrice Pointillart, Kamil Kotrle, Radovan Herchel, Debashis Ray
Abstract
ions were also performed to reveal detailed information about their electronic structure and magnetic anisotropy, supporting the experimental observations. This study accentuates the mutual distortion of coordination geometry induced by flexibility of the ligand backbone with the simultaneous binding of two different metal ions.
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LanthanideCrystallographySquare antiprismOctahedronCoordination geometryOctahedral molecular geometryChemistryLigand (biochemistry)Coordination sphereIonCoordination numberNickelGeometryMoleculeCrystal structureHydrogen bondOrganic chemistryMathematicsBiochemistryReceptorMagnetism in coordination complexesLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesOrganic and Molecular Conductors Research