Synthesis, Structure and Properties of a Mixed Mononuclear/Dinuclear Iron(II) Spin-Crossover Compound with the Ligand 4-(p-Tolyl)-1,2,4-triazole

A new iron(II) compound with the formula [Fe2(L)5(NCS)4]2[Fe(L)2(NCS)2(H2O)2] (I) [where L = 4-(p-tolyl)-1,2,4-triazole] has been synthesized and subjected to X-ray structure determination. Compound I crystallizes in the triclinic space group P–1 (no. 2) with a = 14.5785(11), b = 16.1253(11), c = 16.1963(8) A, α = 80.930(5), β = 85.796(5), γ = 78.132(6)°, V = 3676.2(4) A3. The structure refinement converged to wR2 = 0.172, RF = 0.084. The structure was found to consist of two types of iron-containing structural units, a mononuclear unit and a dinuclear one. The mononuclear unit has a crystallographic inversion centre, and is coordinated by two NCS anions, two triazole N1 nitrogen atoms, and…

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Pressure-Induced High Spin State in [Fe(btr)2(NCS)2]·H2O (btr = 4,4′-bis-1,2,4-triazole)

Application of hydrostatic pressure (≤ 10.5 kbar) on the two-dimensional spin transition compound [Fe(btr)2(NCS)2]·H2O (btr = 4,4‘-bis-1,2,4-triazole) results in an unexpected stabilization of the HS state. On release of the pressure, the HS state is found to be partially trapped. After thermal relaxation of the metastable HS state obtained by the LIESST effect (light-induced excited spin state trapping), a pure LS state is obtained in contrast to the pressure experiments. This different behavior supports a structural phase transition as the likely basis of the pressure-induced HS state.