A Study on the Novel d−f Heterodinuclear Gd(III)−Ni(II) Cryptate:  Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Behavior

A novel d−f heterodinuclear Gd(III)−Ni(II) cryptate was synthesized by a stepwise method using the mononuclear Gd(III) cryptate as precursor. A quantitative analysis shows that the Gd(III)−Ni(II) interaction is of the ferromagnetic type.