Former Members of the Güdel Group

Dr. Colette Boskovic;
postdoc until April 2004

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Dr. Colette Boskovic
School of Chemistry
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Vic 3010
Australia
Phone +61 3 8344 4971
Fax +61 3 9347 5180
e-Mail c.boskovic@unimelb.edu.au
Web http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/staff/coletteb/research/index.html

Education

1990 - 1993: Bachelor of Science (Hons), University of Melbourne, Australia.

1994 - 1998: Doctor of Philosophy, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Topic: Oxidised and six electron-reduced metatungstate: synthesis, structure and redox chemistry.
Supervisor: Professor Tony Wedd. 

1999 - 2001: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, USA; 
Topic: Synthesis and Characterisation of polynuclear Mn-carboxylate complexes as high-spin molecules and single-molecule magnets.
With Professor George Christou.

Research field

The synthesis of transition metal spin clusters and possible single-molecule magnets; in particular those featuring polydentate ligands that can function in both chelating and bridging capacities.
The structural, chemical and physical characterisation of these species via single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, magnetic measurements, inelastic neutron scattering, NMR and EPR spectroscopies and mass spectrometry. 

Publications

Colette Boskovic, Maruse Sadek, Robert T. C. Brownlee, Alan M. Bond, Anthony G. Wedd
Lifting the lid on metatungstate. 1H and 183W NMR study of the six-electron reduced anion [(H)2{WIV3(OH2)3}{WVI9O34(OH)3]3-
Chem. Commun. 533 (1999)

Paul D. Prenzler, Colette Boskovic, Alan M. Bond, Anthony G. Wedd
Coupled Electron- and Proton- Tranfer Processes in the Reduction of a-[P2W18O62]6- and a-[H2W12O40]6- As Revealed by Simulation of Cyclic Voltammograms
Anal. Chem. 71, 3650 (1999)

Colette Boskovic, Kirsten Folting, George Christou
Tetranuclear manganese carboxylate clusters with imidazole-carboxylate chelating ligands. X-ray crystal structure of the 4-imidazoleacetate complex
Polyhedron 19, 2111 (2000)

Colette Boskovic, Maruse Sadek, Robert T. C. Brownlee, Alan M. Bond, Anthony G. Wedd
Electrosynthesis and solution structure of six-electron reduced forms of metatungstate, [H2W12O40]6-
J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 187 (2001)

Colette Boskovic, Euan K. Brechin, William E. Streib, Kirsten Folting, David N. Hendrickson, George Christou
A new class of single-molecule magnets: mixed-valent [Mn12O8Cl4(O2CPh)8(hmp)6]
Chem. Commun. 467 (2001)

Pau Artus, Colette Boskovic, Jae Yoo, William E. Streib, David N. Hendrickson, George Christou
Single-Molecule Magnets: Site-Specific Ligand Abstraction from [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4] and the Preparation and Properties of [Mn12O12(NO3)4(O2CCH2But)12(H2O)4]
Inorg. Chem. 40, 4199 (2001)

Colette Boskovic, Maren Pink, John C. Huffman, David N. Hendrickson, George Christou
Single-Molecule Magnets: Ligand-Induced Core Distortion and Multiple Jahn-Teller Isomerism in [Mn12O12(O2CMe)8(O2PPh2)8(H2O)4]
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 9914 (2001)

Colette Boskovic, Euan K. Brechin, William E. Streib, Kirsten Folting, John C. Bollinger, David N. Hendrickson, George Christou
Single-Molecule Magnets: A new Family of Mn12 Clusters of Formula [Mn12O8X4(O2CPh)8(L)6]
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 3725 (2002)

W. Wernsdorfer, S. Bhaduri, C. Boskovic, G. Christou, D. N. Hendrickson
Spin-parity dependent tunnelling of magnetization in single-molecule magnets
Phys. Rev. B 65, 180403 (2002)

Colette Boskovic, Eduard Rusanov, Helen Stoeckli-Evans and Hans U. Güdel
New tri- and tetranuclear transition metal spin clusters incorporating a versatile polydentate Schiff base ligand
Inorg. Chem. Commun. 5, 881-886 (2002)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Reto Basler, Colette Boskovic, Grégory Chaboussant, Hans U. Güdel, Mark Murrie, Stefan T. Ochsenbein and Andreas Sieber
Molecular Spin Clusters: New Synthetic Approaches and Neutron Scattering Studies
Chem. Phys. Chem. 4, 910-926 (2003)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Journal Cover Picture

Colette Boskovic, Gael Labat, Antonia Neels and Hans U. Güdel
A new core topology in pentanuclear complexes
Dalton Trans. 3671-3672 (2003)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Colette Boskovic, Roland Bircher, Philip L. W. Tregenna-Piggott, Hans U. Güdel, Carley Paulsen, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Anne-Laure Barra, Eugene Khatsko, Antonia Neels and Helen Stoeckli-Evans
Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic Intermolecular Interactions in a New Family of Mn4 Complexes with an Energy Barrier to Magnetization Reversal
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 14046-14058 (2003)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

D. Schaniel, T. Woike, C. Boskovic and H.-U. Güdel
Evidence for two light-induced metastable states in Cl3[Ru(NH3)5NO]H2O
Chem. Phys. Lett. 390, 347-351 (2004)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

G. Chaboussant, S. T. Ochsenbein, A. Sieber, R. Bircher, H.-U. Güdel, B. Barbara, A. Müller and H. Mutka
Magnetic field reveals nature of quantum spin state in the molecular spin cluster V15
ILL Annual Report 2003, 18-19 (2004)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Colette Boskovic, Andreas Sieber, Grégory Chaboussant, Hans U. Güdel, Jürgen Ensling, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Antonia Neels, Gael Labat, Helen Stoeckli-Evans and Stefan Janssen
Synthesis and Characterization of a New Family of Bi-, Tri-, Tetra-, and Pentanuclear Ferric Complexes
Inorg. Chem. 43, 5053-5068 (2004)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

Andreas Sieber, Grégory Chaboussant, Roland Bircher, Colette Boskovic, Hans U. Güdel, George Christou and Hannu Mutka
Pressure dependence of the magnetic anisotropy in the single-molecule magnet Mn4O3Br(OAc)3(dbm)3
Phys. Rev. B 70, 172413/1-4 (2004)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Dominik Schaniel, Theo Woike, Bernard Delley, Colette Boskovic, Daniel Biner, Karl W. Krämer and Hans-Ueli Güdel
Long-lived light-induced metastable states in trans-[Ru(NH3)4(H2O)NO]Cl3·H2O and related compounds
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 7, 1164-1170 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Colette Boskovic, Hans U. Güdel, Gaël Labat, Antonia Neels, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray
High-Nuclearity Mixed-Chelate Ferric Complexes from a New Family of Polynuclear Precursors
Inorg. Chem. 44, 3181-3189 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

Andreas Sieber, Colette Boskovic, Roland Bircher, Oliver Waldmann, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Grégory Chaboussant, Hans U. Güdel, Nadeschda Kirchner, Joris van Slageren, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Antonia Neels, Helen Stoeckli-Evans, Stefan Janssen, Fanni Juranyi and Hannu Mutka
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of a New Family of Ni4 Spin Clusters
Inorg. Chem. 44, 4315-4325 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

Gaël Labat, Colette Boskovic and Hans U. Güdel
Hexakis(m4-2-amino-2-methylpropane-1,3-diolato)hexachloroheptairon(II,III) acetonitrile disolvate monohydrate
Acta Cryst. E 61, m611-m613 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

Kerwyn G. Alley, Roland Bircher, Oliver Waldmann, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Hans U. Güdel, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Brendan F. Abrahams and Colette Boskovic
Mixed-Valent Cobalt Spin Clusters: a Hexanuclear Complex and a One-Dimensional Coordination Polymer Comprised of Alternating Hepta- and Mononuclear Fragments
Inorg. Chem. 45, 8950-8957 (2006)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

Kerwyn G. Alley, Roland Bircher, Hans U. Güdel, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Brendan F. Abrahams and Colette Boskovic
Incorporation of a tripodal ligand with a (N,O,O)-donor set into a new family of nickel and cobalt spin clusters
Polyhedron 26, 369-377 (2007)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Roland Bircher, Brendan F. Abrahams, Hans U. Güdel and Colette Boskovic
Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a novel Tb4 spin cluster and synthesis of a Tb chain
Polyhedron 26, 3023-3028 (2007)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

new Dominik Schaniel, Theo Woike, Bernard Delley, Colette Boskovic and Hans-Ueli Güdel
Photogeneration of metastable side-on N2 linkage isomers in [Ru(NH3)5N2]Cl2, [Ru(NH3)5N2]Br2 and [Os(NH3)5N2]Cl2
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 5531-5538 (2008)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      DOI-Link     

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