Magnetic studies of redox-active tetrathiafulvalene-based complexes: Dysprosium vs. Ytterbium analogues

et al.The two mononuclear complexes [Ln(tta)3(L)]·C6H14 {Ln = DyIII and YbIII} (tta– = 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetonate, L = 2-{1-methylpyridyl-4,5-[4,5-bis(propylthio)tetrathiafulvalenyl]-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl}pyridine) are isostructural. The lanthanide ions adopt a distorted-square-antiprism coordination polyhedron (D4d symmetry). The DyIII compound behaves like a single-molecule magnet (SMM), whereas no out-of-phase component of the magnetic susceptibility is measured for YbIII. The crystal-field splitting of the 2F7/2 and 6H15/2 ground multiplets of YbIII and DyIII, respectively, were determined by means of ab initio calculations and confirmed by the emission energy lines of the 2F5/22F7/2 luminescence spectrum in the case of YbIII. The nature of the MJ ground states indicates that YbIII is not an Ising system, whereas DyIII is. The experimental and calculated anisotropy axes for DyIII lie along the most negatively charged direction, whereas those for YbIII lie almost perpendicularly. Finally, the gz values corroborate the uniaxiality of the anisotropy axis for DyIII.This work was supported by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Rennes Métropole, Université de Rennes 1, Région Bretagne, the Fonds Européen de Développement Economique et Régional (FEDER) and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (No. ANR-13-BS07-0022-01). B. L. G. thanks the French GENCI-CINES center for high-performance computing resources (grant number 2012-80649).Peer Reviewe

Magnetic Studies of Redox-​Active Tetrathiafulvalene-​Based Complexes: Dysprosium vs. Ytterbium AnaloguesRedox-​Active Tetrathiafulvalene-​Based Complexes

International audienceThe two mononuclear complexes [Ln(tta)​3(L)​]​*C6H14 {Ln = DyIII and YbIII} (tta-​ = 2-​thenoyltrifluoroacetonate, L = 2-​{1-​methylpyridyl-​4,​5-​[4,​5-​bis(propylthio)​tetrathiafulvalenyl]​-​1H-​benzimidazol-​2-​yl}​pyridine) are isostructural. The lanthanide ions adopt a distorted-​square-​antiprism coordination polyhedron (D4d symmetry)​. The DyIII compd. behaves like a single-​mol. magnet (SMM)​, whereas no out-​of-​phase component of the magnetic susceptibility is measured for YbIII. The crystal-​field splitting of the 2F7​/2 and 6H15​/2 ground multiplets of YbIII and DyIII, resp., were detd. by means of ab initio calcns. and confirmed by the emission energy lines of the 2F5​/2→2F7​/2 luminescence spectrum in the case of YbIII. The nature of the MJ ground states indicates that YbIII is not an Ising system, whereas DyIII is. The exptl. and calcd. anisotropy axes for DyIII lie along the most neg. charged direction, whereas those for YbIII lie almost perpendicularly. Finally, the gz values corroborate the uniaxiality of the anisotropy axis for DyIII