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Christophe Lescop

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PubMed2006

Mimicking [2,2]paracyclophane topology: molecular clips for the coordination-driven cofacial assembly of pi-conjugated systems.

Self-assembly of CuI dimers, featuring a bridging phosphole ligand, and ditopic cyano-substituted chromophores affords nanosize supramolecular cationic rectangles. Due to the short Cu-Cu distance in the bimetallic clips, the coordinated chromophores are forced to participate in cofacial pi-pi interactions as evidenced by X-ray data. In addition, intermolecular pi-pi interactions in the solid state are observed leading to infinite columns of pi-stacked (para-phenylenevinylene)-based chromophores.

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PubMed2002

Synthesis, structures, and magnetic and optical properties of a series of europium(III) and gadolinium(III) complexes with chelating nitronyl and imino nitroxide free radicals.

This paper reports the synthesis, structures, and magnetic and optical properties of a series of gadolinium(III) (1a-4a) and europium(III) (1b-4b) complexes with nitronyl or imino nitroxide radicals. The crystal structures of compounds 1a and 1b consist of [Ln(III)(radical)(2)(NO(3))(3)] entities in which the gadolinium(III) (1a) or europium(III) ion (1b) is 10-coordinated to two nitronyl nitroxide radicals and three nitrato ligands. The crystal structures of compounds 2a-4a and 2b-4b consist of [Ln(III)(hfac)(3)(radical)] entities in which the gadolinium(III) (2a-4a) or europium(III) ion (2b-4b) is 8-coordinated to one nitronyl (2a and 2b) or one imino (3a, 4a and 3b, 4b) nitroxide radical and three hexafluoroacetylacetonato ligands. The gadolinium(III) complexes (1a-4a) are isostructural with their europium(III) analogues (1b-4b). The magnetic properties of the gadolinium complexes were studied. Along the series 1a-4a only compound 2a exhibits a ferromagnetic Gd(III)-radical coupling (J(Gd-rad) = +1.7 cm(-1)), while for the others this coupling is antiferromagnetic (1a: J(Gd-rad1) = -4.05 cm(-1) and J(Gd-rad2) = -0.80 cm(-1); 3a: J(Gd-rad) = -2.6 cm(-1); 4a: J(Gd-rad) = -1.9 cm(-1)). The first full luminescence spectra of lanthanide complexes with free radical ligands are reported between 650 and 1200 nm. The rich vibronic structure in luminescence and absorption spectra indicates that several excited states define the absorption spectra between 400 and 800 nm. Qualitative trends can be established between magnetic ground state properties and the energies and fine structure of the title compounds.

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PubMed2002

Synthesis, structures, and magnetic properties of a series of lanthanum(III) and gadolinium(III) complexes with chelating benzimidazole-substituted nitronyl nitroxide free radicals. Evidence for antiferromagnetic Gd(III)-radical interactions.

This paper reports the synthesis, crystal structures, and magnetic properties of a series of lanthanide complexes with nitronyl nitroxide radicals of general formula [[Ln(III)(radical)(4)] x (ClO(4))(3) x (H(2)O)(x) x (THF)(y)] (1-4) and [Ln(III)(radical)(2)(NO(3))(3)] (5, 6) [Ln = La (compounds 1, 3, 5) or Gd (compounds 2, 4, and 6); radical = 2-(2'-benzymidazolyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (NITBzImH, compounds 1, 2, 5, 6) or 2-[2'-[(6'-methyl)benzymidazolyl]]-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (NITMeBzImH, compounds 3, 4)]. (1) C(64)H(88)Cl(3)LaN(16)O(24), fw = 1710.76, orthorhombic, Fddd, a = 11.0682(8) A, b = 34.240(3) A, c = 42.787(3) A, V = 16215(2) A(3), Z = 8, R = 0.0876, R(w) = 0.2336. (2) C(64)H(88)Cl(3)GdN(16)O(24), fw = 1729.10, tetragonal, P 4 macro 2c, a = 16.0682(4) A, b = 16.0682(4) A, c = 18.7190(6) A, V = 4833.0(2) A(3), R = 0.0732, R(w) = 0.2218. (3) C(68)H(94)Cl(3)LaN(16)O(23), fw = 1742.80, tetragonal, P 4 macro 2(1)m, a = 21.125(3) A, b = 21.125(3) A, c = 10.938(2) A, V = 4881.5(14) A(3), R = 0.1017, R(w) = 0.3126. (5) C(28)H(34)LaN(11)O(13), fw = 871.57, orthorhombic, Pna2(1), a = 19.5002(12) A, b = 13.0582(8) A, c = 14.5741(9) A, V = 3711.1(4) A(3), R = 0.0331, R(w) = 0.1146. (6) C(28)H(34)GdN(11)O(13), fw = 889.91, orthorhombic, Pna2(1), a = 19.1831(10) A, b = 13.1600(7) A, c = 14.4107(7) A, V = 3638.0(3) A(3), Z = 4, R = 0.0206, R(w) = 0.0625. Compounds 1-4 consist of [M(III)(radical)(4)](3+) cations, uncoordinated perchlorate anions, THF, and water crystallization molecules. In these complexes, the coordination number around the lanthanide ion is eight, and the polyhedron is either a distorted dodecahedron (1) or a distorted cube (2, 3). The crystal structures of 5 and 6 consist of independent [M(III)(radical)(2)(NO(3))(3)] entities in which the lanthanide is ten-coordinated and has a distorted bicapped square antiprism coordination polyhedron. For the lanthanum(III) complexes, the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility indicates that radical-radical magnetic interactions are negligible either for compounds 1 and 3, while for compound 5 it is simulated considering dimers of weakly antiferromagnetically coupled radicals (J(rad-rad) = -1.1 cm(-1)). In the case of the gadolinium(III) compounds (2, 4, 6), each magnetic behavior gives unambiguous evidence of antiferromagnetic Gd(III)-radical interaction (2, J(Gd-rad) = -1.8 cm(-1); 4, J(Gd-rad) = -3.8 cm(-1); 6, J(Gd-rad1) = -4.05 cm(-1) and J(Gd-rad2) = -0.80 cm(-1)), in contrast to the ferromagnetic case generally observed. The nature of the Gd(III)-radical interaction is explained in relation to the donor strength of the free radical ligand.

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