Cobalt Antiferromagnetic Ring and Grid Single‐Molecule Magnet

Abstract

Grid magnet: A Co8 ring and a Co9 grid complex are synthesized using a multidentate polypyridine-type ligand and are shown to exhibit all antiferromagnetic interactions between metal centers, with the grid complex displaying SMM properties as a result of alternating high spin/low spin metal centers in the outer 8-membered ring.