Molecular nanomagnets have important uses in molecular spintronics, information storage, and quantum computation. The particular small molecule magnets in this study were based off of the manganese six triangles formed with salicyaldoxime ligands. The molecules that have been made previously contain two triangles each of which has three manganese(III) metal atoms bound by a central oxygen atom. The two triangles are subsequently held together by the salicyaldoxime ligands. The overall structure of this metal complex was retained and the only changes to be made were on the top and bottom of the molecule. Two of the reactions produced new molecules but neither molecule bound the metal(II) ion. One had an azide bridging between the manganese center of two triangles and the other had an azide bridging between a manganese atom of the triangle and a sodium atom.

Synthesis of molecular nanomagnets with azide bridged manganese(III) triangles

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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