Systematic Investigation of Controlled Nanostructuring of Mn Single-Molecule Magnets Templated by Metal-Organic Frameworks.

This is the first systematic study exploring metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as platforms for the controlled nanostructuring of molecular magnets. We report the incorporation of seven single-molecule magnets (SMMs) of general composition [MnO(OCR)(OH)], with R = CF (1), (CH)CCH (2), CHCl (3), CHBr (4), CHCl (5), CHBu (6), and CH (7), into the hexagonal channel pores of a mesoporous MOF host. The resulting nanostructured composites combine the key SMM properties with the functional properties of the MOF.