Single-Molecule Magnets on the frontispiece

A new Zn-Dy-Zn single-molecule magnet has been prepared, in which the Dy^III ion, that exhibits a DyO₈ coordination sphere, is placed in an axial ligand field formed by two pairs of negatively charged phenoxide oxygen atoms in positions opposite to the Dy^III ion and four neutral aldehyde oxygen atoms in the equatorial plane. This disposition leads to a strong easy-axis anisotropy of the ground state and to a high thermal energy barrier.

Link to Chem.: Eur. J. 20, Issue 44 (2014).