A Mn₁₂ Single-Molecule Magnet [Mn₁₂O₁₂(OAc)₁₂(dpp)₄] (dppH = Diphenyl Phosphate) with No Coordinating Water Molecules

The preparation and physical characterization are reported for a novel single-molecule magnet [Mn12O12(OAc)12(dpp)4] (dppH = diphenyl phosphate) with no coordinating water molecules. The crystal structure analysis reveals that there are four five-coordinate MnIII ions with Mn···H approaches. Addition of water in CD2Cl2 solution was monitored by 1H NMR, which showed that H2O could coordinate to a vacant site of a five-coordinate MnIII ion in solution. The measurements and analyses of magnetization hysteresis and ac magnetic susceptibility indicate that the title complex is a single-molecule magnet with a quantum tunneling behavior, whose ground state was tentatively assigned to S = 10 with g = 1.78 and D = −0.60 K.