ERROR 1
ERROR 1
ERROR 2
ERROR 2
ERROR 2
ERROR 2
ERROR 2
Password and Confirm password must match.
If you have an ACS member number, please enter it here so we can link this account to your membership. (optional)
ERROR 2
ACS values your privacy. By submitting your information, you are gaining access to C&EN and subscribing to our weekly newsletter. We use the information you provide to make your reading experience better, and we will never sell your data to third party members.
Chemists studying an iron nitride complex known for its ability to transfer nitrogen atoms to organic substrates have discovered that the complex can also be used to partially transfer nitrogen to another metal complex. Besides adding a new dimension to metal nitride chemistry, the resulting nitride-bridged bimetallic complex can function as a single-molecule magnet (Inorg. Chem. 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01455). Single-molecule magnets, or SMMs, are paramagnetic species that retain their magnetization after being exposed to an applied magnetic field. Although SMMs are stand-alone molecules, they behave like classical bulk magnets. Scientists are interested in SMMs for high-density information storage and quantum computing applications. The researchers led by Jeremy M. Smith of Indiana University and Rodolphe Clérac of the National Center for Scientific Research’s Paul Pascal Research Center at the University of Bordeaux, in France, made the new SMM (shown) by combining an iron(IV) tris(carbene)borate nitride complex with a vanadium(III) mesityl complex. Structural analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed that the partial transfer reaction is a two-electron process resulting in nitrogen bridging iron(II) and vanadium(V) ions.
Join the conversation
Contact the reporter
Submit a Letter to the Editor for publication
Engage with us on X