Bis-Monophospholyl Dysprosium Cation Showing Magnetic Hysteresis at 48 K

Peter Evans, Daniel Reta, George F.S. Whitehead, Nicholas F. Chilton*, David P. Mills*

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Abstract

Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) have potential applications in high-density data storage, but magnetic relaxation times at elevated temperatures must be increased to make them practically useful. Bis-cyclopentadienyl lanthanide sandwich complexes have emerged as the leading candidates for SMMs that show magnetic memory at liquid nitrogen temperatures, but the relaxation mechanisms mediated by aromatic C5 rings have not been fully established. Here we synthesize a bis-monophospholyl dysprosium SMM [Dy(Dtp)2][Al{OC(CF3)3}4] (1, Dtp = {P(CtBuCMe)2}) by the treatment of in-situ-prepared “[Dy(Dtp)2(C3H5)]” with [HNEt3][Al{OC(CF3)3}4]. SQUID magnetometry reveals that 1 has an effective barrier to magnetization reversal of 1760 K (1223 cm–1) and magnetic hysteresis up to 48 K. Ab initio calculation of the spin dynamics reveals that transitions out of the ground state are slower in 1 than in the first reported dysprosocenium SMM, [Dy(Cpttt)2][B(C6F5)4] (Cpttt = C5H2tBu3-1,2,4); however, relaxation is faster in 1 overall due to the compression of electronic energies and to vibrational modes being brought on-resonance by the chemical and structural changes introduced by the bis-Dtp framework. With the preparation and analysis of 1, we are thus able to further refine our understanding of relaxation processes operating in bis-C5/C4P sandwich lanthanide SMMs, which is the necessary first step toward rationally achieving higher magnetic blocking temperatures in these systems in the future.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19935-19940
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume141
Issue number50
Early online date21 Nov 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Dec 2019
Externally publishedYes

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