Single chain magnet behaviour in an enantiopure chiral cobalt(ii)–copper(ii) one-dimensional compound

Abstract

The self-assembly of an enantiomerically pure, chiral dianionic oxamatocopper(II) complex with cobalt(II) ions leads to neutral oxamato-bridged heterobimetallic chains that combine chirality and slow magnetic relaxation, providing thus the first example of "chiral single chain magnets" (CSCMs).