New sandwich-type lanthanide complexes based on closed-macrocyclic Schiff base and phthalocyanine molecules.

Two new sandwich-type lanthanide complexes with the general formula [(Pc)2Ln3(L)(OAc)(OCH3)2] (Ln(3+) = Dy(3+) () and Er(3+) ()) were successfully synthesized and structurally characterized based on closed-macrocyclic Schiff base and phthalocyanine molecules. The magnetic properties and structure-property relationship in this multi-decker system were investigated. Interestingly, the corresponding dysprosium complex shows typical single-molecule magnetic behavior with ferromagnetic dipole-dipole interactions and the slow relaxation of magnetization.