Abstract
Solvents play important roles in our lives, they are also of interest in molecular materials, especially for molecular magnets. The solvatomagnetic effect is generally used for trigger and/or regulation of magnetic properties in molecule-based systems, however, molecular nanomagnets showing solvatomagnetic effects are very difficult to obtain. Here we report four 3d-4f heterometallic cluster complexes containing ROH lattice solvent molecules, [Cu(3)Tb(2)(H(3)L)(2)(OAc)(2)(hfac)(4)]∙2ROH {H(6)L = 1,3-Bis[tris(hydroxymethyl)methylamino]propane, hfac(-) = hexafluoroacetylacetonate; R = CH(3), 1; R = C(2)H(5), 2; R = C(3)H(7), 3; R = H, 4}. Single-molecule magnet (SMM) properties of these four complexes were observed to be dependent on the ROH lattice solvent molecule. There is an interesting magneto-structural correlation: the larger the R group, the higher the energy barrier. For the first time, the solvatomagnetic effect is used for the continuous fine adjustment of the energy barrier of 0D molecular nanomagnets. Additionally, [Cu(3)Dy(2)(H(3)L)(2)(OAc)(2)(hfac)(4)]∙2MeOH (5), an analogue of [Cu(3)Tb(2)(H(3)L)(2)(OAc)(2)(hfac)(4)]∙2MeOH (1), is also reported for comparison.