A Metallacryptand‐Based Manganese(II)–Cobalt(II) Ferrimagnet with a Three‐Dimensional Honeycomb Open‐Framework Architecture

Abstract

Building a three-dimensional magnet: The manganese(II)-mediated self-assembly of a ferromagnetically coupled dicobalt(II) metallacryptand provides the first example of an oxamato-bridged heterobimetallic ferrimagnet with a three-dimensional honeycomb open-framework structure hosting linear arrays of water-bridged lithium(I) guests (see picture; mpba=1,3-phenylenebis(oxamato)).