METHYLPROPANAMIDO)BENZENE

The design of supramolecular architectures has focused on the synthesis of small subunits that bind to each other in a predictable fashion to form extended solids. How such molecular building blocks may be constructed has been discussed in detail.1–9 In the design of molecular magnetic structures, the key factors necessary to promote magnetic exchange couplings of a particular type between two or more spin carriers have also been stated eloquently.10–15 Despite significant advances in the general research area, there remains a dearth of magnetic building blocks suitable for the construction of extended, well-ordered, magnetic solids. Herein is reported the synthesis of a potentially useful magnetic building block, the Co(III) complex16 of the multinucleating ligand 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamido)benzene [H8ð4:4-t-HMPA-B)]