“…[22][23][24] One of the promising ligands in the coordination chemistry of 3d-4f-heterometallic complexes is carboxylate ligands (benzoates, acetates, pivalates etc.). [25][26][27][28][29][30] Our investigations in this area are aimed to disclose the structure-properties relationship in the coordination chemistry of heterometallic carboxylates [31][32][33][34][35][36] including polynuclear heterometallic lanthanide derivatives of the types {M 2 Ln} (e. g., M=Zn, Ln=Tb, Eu; M=Co, Ln=La, Gd; M=Cd, Ln=Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Yb) [37][38][39][40][41] and {M 2 Ln 2 } (e. g., M=Zn, Cd, Ln=La; Eu, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy; M=Cu, Ln=Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb) [42][43][44][45] supported mainly by different donor ligands: pyridine, [37,40,42] 2,2'-bipyridine, 1,10phenanthroline, [37,40,[42][43][44] triphenylphosphine, [39] N-heterocyclic carbene. [38] Trinuclear {Co 2 Gd} complexes based on pivalic acid and supported by substituted pyridine ligands were found to demonstrate a ferromagnetic exchange Co II À Gd III (J CoÀ Gd = 0.15-0.18 cm À 1 ) which is only weakly affected by the structural changes depending on the type of pyridine ligand.…”