Cu(II)-Ln(III) (Ln = Gd, Tb and Dy) complexes of an unsymmetrical N2O3 donor ligand: Field induced SMM behaviour for Cu(II)-Tb(III) complex

Three new hetero-metallic CuII─LnIII complexes [(CuL)Gd(NO3)3(CH3OH)]n (1), [(CuL)Tb(NO3)3(H2O)]∙[CuL] (2) and [(CuL)Dy(NO3)3(H2O)]∙[CuL] (3) have been synthesized using a mono-nuclear Cu(II) complex, [CuL] of an unsymmetrically di-condensed N2O3 donor Schiff base ligand,...