{"id":{"repo_id":"brock","oai_identifier":"oai:brocku.scholaris.ca:10464/14837"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/brock/oai:brocku.scholaris.ca:10464/14837","repository":{"repo_id":"brock","name":"Brock University","base_url":"https://brocku.scholaris.ca/server/oai/request"},"display":{"title":"Investigating the Cluster Chemistry of α-Methyl-2-pyridine methanol (mpmH) with Select 3d Ions","abstract":"This thesis describes an investigation of the coordination chemistry of the potentially chiral bridging, chelating ligand, α-methyl-2-pyridinemethanol (mpmH) with select 3d ions for the discovery of polynuclear clusters with single molecule magnet (SMM) properties. Chapter 1 introduces the theory of molecular magnetism, SMMs and the concepts of chiral SMMs, magnetochiral dichroism and multiferroics. In Chapter 2, two NiII clusters, {Ni8} and {Ni18} prepared from rac-mpmH are reported. The {Ni8} cluster crystallizes in a trapezoidal prismatic topology and contains tetrazolate ligands that are formed via a metal-assisted click reaction. The molecular structure of the second {Ni18} cluster is highly disordered comprising of eight edge-sharing cubane subunits. Dc magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal dominant ferromagnetic interactions down to ~18 K, stabilizing spin states with large values, whereas at T < 18 K the antiferromagnetic contribution results in the population of smaller, but appreciable non-zero spin states. Ac magnetic susceptibility measurements confirm the presence of two relaxation processes at two temperature regimes that is extremely rare for a 3d-metal based SMM. The first at low temperature (5 K) is attributed to conventional SMM behavior with τ0 = 3.26 × 10-10 s and Ueff = 11 K. The origin of high temperature (15 K) relaxation process with a large Ueff = 381 K and τ0 = 2.7 × 10-15 s is less clear, but tentatively assigned to spin-glass properties. In Chapter 3, the synthesis and structure of a large mixed-valence [MnII2MnIII28MnIV] polynuclear cluster with a closed cage-like conformation is presented. Ac magnetic susceptibility measurements show the compound is an SMM with Ueff of 58 K, that is large for a 3d cluster, and a τ0 = 3 × 10−8 s. Chapter 4 describes the coordination chemistry of racemic and chiral-mpmH with CuII and FeIII, where the synthesis and magnetostructural properties of a chiral {Cu4} tetramer, a non-chiral 1-D chain, as well as a chiral {Fe6} and a non-chiral{Fe8} cluster are reported. Dc magnetic susceptibility measurements on all four complexes reveal the presence of dominant antiferromagnetic exchange interactions affording S = 0 spin ground states at low temperature that precludes the observation of any SMM behavior.","abstract_html":"This thesis describes an investigation of the coordination chemistry of the potentially chiral bridging, chelating ligand, α-methyl-2-pyridinemethanol (mpmH) with select 3d ions for the discovery of polynuclear clusters with single molecule magnet (SMM) properties. Chapter 1 introduces the theory of molecular magnetism, SMMs and the concepts of chiral SMMs, magnetochiral dichroism and multiferroics. In Chapter 2, two NiII clusters, {Ni8} and {Ni18} prepared from rac-mpmH are reported. The {Ni8} cluster crystallizes in a trapezoidal prismatic topology and contains tetrazolate ligands that are formed via a metal-assisted click reaction. The molecular structure of the second {Ni18} cluster is highly disordered comprising of eight edge-sharing cubane subunits. Dc magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal dominant ferromagnetic interactions down to ~18 K, stabilizing spin states with large values, whereas at T < 18 K the antiferromagnetic contribution results in the population of smaller, but appreciable non-zero spin states. Ac magnetic susceptibility measurements confirm the presence of two relaxation processes at two temperature regimes that is extremely rare for a 3d-metal based SMM. The first at low temperature (5 K) is attributed to conventional SMM behavior with τ0 = 3.26 × 10-10 s and Ueff = 11 K. The origin of high temperature (15 K) relaxation process with a large Ueff = 381 K and τ0 = 2.7 × 10-15 s is less clear, but tentatively assigned to spin-glass properties. In Chapter 3, the synthesis and structure of a large mixed-valence [MnII2MnIII28MnIV] polynuclear cluster with a closed cage-like conformation is presented. Ac magnetic susceptibility measurements show the compound is an SMM with Ueff of 58 K, that is large for a 3d cluster, and a τ0 = 3 × 10−8 s. Chapter 4 describes the coordination chemistry of racemic and chiral-mpmH with CuII and FeIII, where the synthesis and magnetostructural properties of a chiral {Cu4} tetramer, a non-chiral 1-D chain, as well as a chiral {Fe6} and a non-chiral{Fe8} cluster are reported. Dc magnetic susceptibility measurements on all four complexes reveal the presence of dominant antiferromagnetic exchange interactions affording S = 0 spin ground states at low temperature that precludes the observation of any SMM behavior.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Abbasi, Parisa"],"institution":"Brock University","degree_name":"Ph.D. Chemistry","degree_level":"Doctoral","degree_discipline":"Faculty of Mathematics and Science","degree_department":"Department of Chemistry","school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2020,"date_issued":"2020-05-13T19:57:55Z","date_published":"2020-05-13T19:57:55Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:22:54Z","subjects":["Single-Molecule Magnet","Metal Cluster Chemistry","Ligand Synthesis","Chiral Magnets","Inorganic Chemistry"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10464/14837","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.department","label":"Department","values":["Department of Chemistry"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Abbasi, Parisa"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2020-05-13T19:57:55Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2020-05-13T19:57:55Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2020-05-13T19:57:55Z"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Electronic Thesis or Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Faculty of Mathematics and Science"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Doctoral"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D. Chemistry"]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["Brock University"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Single-Molecule Magnet","Metal Cluster Chemistry","Ligand Synthesis","Chiral Magnets","Inorganic Chemistry"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["eng"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/10464/14837"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["This thesis describes an investigation of the coordination chemistry of the potentially chiral bridging, chelating ligand, α-methyl-2-pyridinemethanol (mpmH) with select 3d ions for the discovery of polynuclear clusters with single molecule magnet (SMM) properties. 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Dc magnetic susceptibility measurements on all four complexes reveal the presence of dominant antiferromagnetic exchange interactions affording S = 0 spin ground states at low temperature that precludes the observation of any SMM behavior."],"dc:identifier.uri":["http://hdl.handle.net/10464/14837"],"dc:language.iso":["eng"],"dc:subject":["Single-Molecule Magnet","Metal Cluster Chemistry","Ligand Synthesis","Chiral Magnets","Inorganic Chemistry"],"dc:title":["Investigating the Cluster Chemistry of α-Methyl-2-pyridine methanol (mpmH) with Select 3d Ions"],"dc:type":["Electronic Thesis or Dissertation"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Faculty of Mathematics and Science"],"thesis:degree_level":["Doctoral"],"thesis:degree_name":["Ph.D. Chemistry"],"thesis:institution_name":["Brock University"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:22:54Z"}