Synthesis, magnetic properties, and STM spectroscopy of cobalt(II) cubanes [CoII(Cl)4(HL)4]

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4784-4792

  Scheurer, Andreas ^a   Ako, Ayuk M ^a   Saalfrank, Rolf W ^a   Heinemann, Frank W ^a   Hampel, Frank ^a   Petukhov, Konstantin ^a   Gieb, Klaus ^a   Stocker, Michael ^a   Müller, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Magnetic properties; N; O ligands; Pi interactions; Single molecule magnets

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; COBALT CHLORIDES; COBALT COMPLEXES; CUBANES; CURRENT IMAGING; FERROMAGNETIC COUPLING; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; ISOSTRUCTURAL; LIGAND SUBSTITUENTS; MAGNETIZATION CHARACTERISTICS; MAGNETIZATION MEASUREMENTS; METAL CENTERS; O LIGANDS; PI INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM TUNNELING; RATE DEPENDENCY; SINGLE-MOLECULE MAGNET; TETRAGONAL SPACE GROUPS; TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ZERO FIELDS;

ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COBALT; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); TWO DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS; WIND TUNNELS;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

COBALT; DIETHYLAMINE; LIGAND; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

COBALT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIETHYLAMINES; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77951197836     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902578     Document Type: Article

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