Intercalation of two-dimensional oxalate-bridged molecule-based magnets into layered double hydroxide hosts

Here we report the intercalation of a MnII-CrIII oxalate-bridged extended network into the interlamellar space offered by a Zn^II-Al^III host. The resulting material exhibits ferrimagnetic ordering below 3 K from dominant antiferromagnetic interactions between metallic centres through the oxalate linker.