A Cyano‐Bridged Vanadium–Niobium Bimetal Assembly Exhibiting a High Curie Temperature of 210 K (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 16/2012)

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p><jats:bold>The front cover picture shows</jats:bold> a schematic representation of the coordination network and the temperature dependence of magnetization of a cyano‐bridged V–Nb bimetal assembly, K<jats:sub>0.59</jats:sub>V<jats:sup>II</jats:sup><jats:sub>1.59</jats:sub>V<jats:sup>III</jats:sup><jats:sub>0.41</jats:sub>[Nb<jats:sup>IV</jats:sup>(CN)<jats:sub>8</jats:sub>]<jats:bold>·</jats:bold>(SO<jats:sub>4</jats:sub>)<jats:sub>0.50</jats:sub><jats:bold>·</jats:bold>6.9H<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>O. This compound exhibits ferrimagnetism with a high Curie temperature (<jats:italic>T</jats:italic><jats:sub>C</jats:sub>) of 210�K. This temperature is the highest <jats:italic>T</jats:italic><jats:sub>C</jats:sub> value among those of octacyano‐bridged bimetal assemblies. The Short Communication by S. Ohkoshi et al. on p. 2649 ff. demonstrates that the increase in the superexchange pathways of V<jats:sup>II</jats:sup>–NC–Nb<jats:sup>IV</jats:sup> contributes to the achievement of the high <jats:italic>T</jats:italic><jats:sub>C</jats:sub> value. <jats:boxed-text content-type="graphic" position="anchor"><jats:graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" mimetype="image/jpeg" position="anchor" specific-use="enlarged-web-image" xlink:href="graphic/mcontent.jpg"><jats:alt-text>magnified image</jats:alt-text></jats:graphic></jats:boxed-text></jats:p>