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

1999

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…

Effect of the metal dilution on the thermal and light-induced spin transition in [FexMn1−x(bpp)2](NCSe)2: When T(LIESST) reaches T1/2

2008

International audience; The thermal and light-induced spin transition in [FexMn1−x(bpp)2](NCSe)2 (bpp = 2,6-bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine) has been investigated by magnetic susceptibility, photomagnetism and diffuse reflectivity measurements. These complexes display a thermal spin transition and exhibit the light-induced excited spin state trapping (LIESST) effect at low temperature. For each mixed-crystal system, the thermal spin transition temperature, T1/2, and the relaxation temperature of the photo-induced high-spin state, T(LIESST), have been systematically determined. It appears that T1/2 decreases with the metal dilution while T(LIESST) remains unchanged, suggesting that the two interco…

Thermal and optical switching of bistable iron compounds and possible applications

1993

Abstract Iron(II) coordination compounds with ligand field strengths close to the mean spin pairing energy may undergo thermal spin transition in the solid as well as in the liquid state. The thermodynamically stable state is high spin (HS) 5T2 (under Oh symmetry) with (t2)4 e2 electron configuration above the critical transition temperature Tc, and low spin (LS) 1A1 with (t2)6 electron configuration below Tc. The spin transition curve γHS(T) (molar fraction of HS molecules as function of temperature) can be abrupt or gradual, with or without hysteresis, or even with a plateau near Tc. Tc itself can vary over the whole temperature scale between the liquid helium region up to above room temp…

Spin crossover in hexakis(1-(2-chloroethyl)-tetrazole)iron(II) complexes; synthesis and magnetic properties

2002

Abstract The spin-crossover complexes [Fe(teec)6](X)2 (with teec=1-(2-chloroethyl)-tetrazole and X=BF4, ClO4, PF6) possess two iron(II) sites each having a different spin-crossover behaviour. The magnetic behaviour of the complexes obtained by slow crystallisation differs strongly from those obtained by precipitation. This difference results in either a spin crossover of 50% (X=ClO4, crystalline), two gradual steps (X=BF4, PF6), or two steps, of which one is gradual and the other having a thermal hysteresis (X=ClO4 precipitated). Both 57Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy and magnetic susceptibility measurements have been recorded as a function of T. The crystal structure of [Fe(teec)6](BF4)2 has bee…

Supramolecular Spintronic Devices: Spin Transitions and Magnetostructural Correlations in[Fe4IIL4]8+[2×2]-Grid-Type Complexes

2003

The magnetism of a series of tetranuclear complexes of the [Fe4IIL4]8+ [2x2]-grid-type was investigated, revealing the occurrence of spin transition behavior within this class of compounds. The phenomenon depends directly on the nature of the substituent R(1) in the 2-position on the central pyrimidine group of the ligand L. All Fe(II) ions in compounds with R(1) substituents favoring strong ligand fields (R(1)=H; OH) remain completely in the diamagnetic low-spin state. Only complexes bearing R(1) substituents attenuating the ligand field by steric (and to a lesser extent electronic) effects (R(1)=Me; Ph) exhibit spin transition behavior triggered by temperature. In general, gradual and inc…

Multiple spin phases in a switchable Fe(ii) complex: polymorphism and symmetry breaking effects

2018

Polymorphism in spin-crossover (SCO) compounds allows accessing additional forms of switchable materials with diverse transition properties. We have prepared three polymorphs of a new complex [FeLBr(dca)2], where LBr is N,N′-bis[(5-bromo-2-pyridyl)methyl]ethane-1,2-diamine and dca is dicyanamide. They display different SCO properties: the α-form displays a hysteretic one-step switch centered at 134 K, the β-form undergoes hysteretic two-step spin transition with a plateau (T1/2 = 153 and 144 K) and the γ-form remains high spin (HS) over the whole temperature region. The kinetic origin of the hysteresis loop was demonstrated in temperature rate dependent magnetic measurements. Spin transitio…

Hysteresis and change of transition temperature in thin films of Fe{[Me2Pyrz]3BH}2, a new sublimable spin-crossover molecule.

2015

Thin films of the spin-crossover (SCO) molecule Fe{[Me(2)Pyrz](3)BH}(2) (Fe-pyrz) were sublimed on Si/SiO2 and quartz substrates, and their properties investigated by X-ray absorption and photo-emission spectroscopies, optical absorption, atomic force microscopy, and superconducting quantum interference device. Contrary to the previously studied Fe(phen)(2)(NCS)(2), the films are not smooth but granular. The thin films qualitatively retain the typical SCO properties of the powder sample (SCO, thermal hysteresis, soft X-ray induced excited spin-state trapping, and light induced excited spin-state trapping) but present intriguing variations even in micrometer-thick films: the transition tempe…

Spin crossover in iron(II)-complexes

2007

Spin Transition Compounds

2001

Spin Crossover Phenomenon in Nanocrystals and Nanoparticles of [Fe(3-Fpy)2M(CN)4] (MII = Ni, Pd, Pt) Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymers

2010

The two-dimensional spin crossover (SCO) polymers [Fe(3-Fpy)2M(CN)4] (MII = Ni(1), Pd(2), Pt(3)) were nanostructured in the form of nanocrystals and nanoparticles, and their chemical, structural, and physical characterization was carried out using different experimental methods (powder X-ray diffraction, magnetic susceptibility measurements, Mossbauer and infrared spectroscopy, transmission and scanning electronic microscopy, etc.). Surfactant-free nanocrystals of average dimensions 400 × 400 × 30 nm (1a, 1a*, 2a, 3a) were synthesized from water in oil microemulsions (w/o) while nanoparticles of average size 200 × 100, 100 × 60, and 70 × 30 nm were obtained in poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) c…