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View Online Dalton Dynamic Article Links Transactions Cite this: Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 6440 /dalton PAPER A diabolo-shaped Dy9 cluster: synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties? Xuebin Xu,a ,b Lang Zhao,a Gong-Feng Xu,a Yun-Nan Guo,a Jinkui Tang*a and Zhiliang Liu*b 1 Received 17th March 2011, Accepted 7th April 2011 1 0 K 2 0 DOI: 10.1039/c1dt10450k y 5 l 4 u 0 J 1 3 T 0 The reaction of Dy NO ·6H O with the ligand 2- 1-hydroxybutan-2-ylimino methyl phenol H L, D 3 3 2 2 n 1 o C Scheme 1 generates the nonanuclear compound [Dy L m -OH m -OH CH OH ] OH CH OH a / 9 8 3 8 4 2 3 8 3 3 n 9 i 3 Dy , whose single-crystal X-ray structure reveals the presence of two square pyramidal pentanuclear h 0 9 C 1 . f 0 units assembled via the apical metal center. The square pyramidal core of a previously reported o 1 : y i 2 2 o [Dy m -OH m -OH m-h -Ph acac h -Ph acac ] Dy ; Ph acac dibenzoylmethanide , is g 5 4 3 4 2 4 2 6 5 2 o d l | o g structurally related to those herein described; however, the magnetic properties of Dy9 and Dy5 are n r h o c c. drastically different. Indeed, Dy5 shows slow relaxation of magnetization while no out-of-phase ac e T s r d s. signal is noticed for Dy9 . The underlying mechanism is not clear due to the complexity of such systems; n b a u e p however, the different anisotropy of the respective structures, which is dictated by the combination of / c / n : the metal topology, the ligands involved and the structural parameters of the molecule, is mostly p e t i t c h S n responsible for the distinctive relaxation dynamics observed. f o o 1 y 1 t i 0 s 2 r e v y i a n M Introduction U 2 y 1 b d n The design of novel lanthanide clusters is of great current interest o e d d 1 a e not only for their fascinating structural diversity, but also because o h l s n i l they are potentially useful for a variety of applications