In this thesis, eleven complexes were synthesized by reactions 8-quinolinolate ligands or 2,6-diacetylpyridine with lanthanide(III) ions, and their structures were studied. The magnetic measurements reveal that five of them display Single-Molecule magnetic behavior in zero field. Through tuning molecule symmetry by modulating the coordination environments of centre lanthanide(III) ions to control the ligand field, and study the correlations between single-molecule magnetic behaviour and structure.The main contents include the follows:1. A series of tetranuclear complexes with D4 d symmetry cores were designed and synthesized by 8-quinolinolate ligands and Dy(III) ions, their structures were determined, being with the follow formulas: [{Dy(q)2(acac)}2(u3-OH)2{Dy(q)(acac)}2]·(CH2Cl2)2(1),[{Dy(q)2(TMHD)}2(u3-OH)2{Dy(q)(TMHD)}2]·(CHCl3)3(2), [{Dy(q)2(DBM)}2(u3-OH)2{Dy(q)(DBM)}2]·(CH2Cl2)5(3),[{Y(q)2(DBM)}2(u3-OH)2{Dy(q)(DBM)}2]·(CH2Cl2)6(4),[{Dy(q)2(DBM)}2(u3-OH)2{Y(q)(DBM)}2]·(CH2Cl2)3(5), [{Dy(q)2(hfac)}2(u3-OH)2{Dy(q)(hfac)}2]·CHCl3(6), magnetism studied reveal that five of them show the typical single-molecule magnetic behaviour.2. A series of mononuclear and dinuclear complexes with D5 h symmetry cores constructed by L1 and L2 ligands(L1 = 8-hydroxyquinoline-2-formaldehydesemicarbazide, L2 = 8-hydroxyquinoline-2-formaldehyde-benzoyl hydrazine) with Dy(III) and Er(III) ions. [L1Dy Cl3]·CH3OH(7), [L1Er Cl3]·CH3OH(8), and [(L2)2Dy2Cl2]·CH3CN(9) were designed and synthesized, and their structures were measured. The magnetism studied indicate a slow magnetic relaxation in comliex(7) and(8) under nonzero magnetic fields.3. Two mononuclear complexes([(L3)2(L4)2Dy(OAc)2Cl]·3H2O(10), {[(L3)2(L4)2Er(OAc)2Cl]}2·2H2O(11)) were designed and synthesized by 2,6-diacetylpyridine-ethylenediamine with Dy(III) and Er(III) ions. And their structures and magnetic properties were measured. Complex(10) shows a slow magnetic relaxation by applying an external magnetic field, and complex(11) shows a typical single-molecule magnetic behaviour under optimum static dc field of 700 Oe. |