Origin of the Paramagnetic Properties of the Mixed‐Valence Polyoxometalate [GeV 14 O 40 ] 8– Reduced by Two Electrons: Wave Function Theory and Model Hamiltonian Calculations

The aim of the work is to give an explanation of the magnetic properties of a mixed-valence [GeV14O40]8– polyoxometalate reduced by two electrons, which, in contrast to what happens in other two-electron-reduced polyoxometalates, does not show any magnetic coupling between the two unpaired electrons. For this purpose, a quantitative evaluation of the microscopic electronic parameters (electron transfer, magnetic coupling, magnetic orbital energy, and Coulomb repulsion) of the mixed-valence polyoxometalate cluster is performed. The parameters are extracted from valence-spectroscopy large configuration interaction (CI) calculations on embedded fragments. Then, these parameters are used in an …