文摘
A new family of isostructural Mn/Ln clusters: [MnII2LnIII2(hmp)6(NO3)4(CH3OH)2][MnII2LnIII2(hmp)6(NO3)4(H2O)2] ([Ln = Gd (1), Tb(2), Dy(3), hmpH = 2-(hydroxymethyl)pyridine]) have been synthesized by the reaction of Mn(NO3)2 and Ln(NO3)3·6H2O with hmpH as ligand under solvothermal conditions. Compounds 1–3 are isostructural and possess butterfly core. That the antiferromagnetic interactions within compounds 1–3 were suggested by soild-state dc magnetic susceptibility analyses. Compound 1 displays a magnetic-caloric effect (MCE) with 21.91 J Kg− 1 K− 1 of the entropy change at 5 K for ΔH = 8 T. Compounds 2 and 3 exhibit frequency-dependent ac susceptibility signals suggestive of slow magnetic relaxation.