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Strong Cooperative Spin Crossover in 2D and 3D Fe<sup>II</sup>āM<sup>I,II</sup> Hofmann-Like Coordination Polymers Based on 2āFluoropyrazine
Self-assembling ironĀ(II),
2-fluoropyrazine (Fpz), and [M<sup>II</sup>(CN)<sub>4</sub>]<sup>2ā</sup> (M<sup>II</sup> = Ni, Pd, Pt) or [Au<sup>I</sup>(CN)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>ā</sup> building blocks have afforded a new series of
two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) Hofmann-like spin crossover (SCO)
coordination polymers with strong cooperative magnetic, calorimetric,
and optical properties. The ironĀ(II) ions, lying on inversion centers,
define elongated octahedrons equatorially surrounded by four equivalent
centrosymmetric Ī¼<sub>4</sub>-[M<sup>II</sup>(CN)<sub>4</sub>]<sup>2ā</sup> groups. The axial positions are occupied by
two terminal Fpz ligands affording significantly corrugated 2D layers
{FeĀ(Fpz)<sub>2</sub>([M<sup>II</sup>(CN)<sub>4</sub>]}. The Pt and
Pd derivatives undergo thermal- and light-induced SCO characterized
by <i>T</i><sub>1/2</sub> temperatures centered at 155.5
and 116 K and hysteresis loops 22 K wide, while the Ni derivative
is high spin at all temperatures, even at pressures of 0.7 GPa. The
great stability of the high-spin state in the Ni derivative has tentatively
been ascribed to the tight packing of the layers, which contrasts
with that of Pt and Pd derivatives in the high- and low-spin states.
The synthesis and structure of the 3D frameworks formulated {FeĀ(Fpz)Ā[PtĀ(CN)<sub>4</sub>]}Ā·1/2H<sub>2</sub>O and {FeĀ(Fpz)Ā[AuĀ(CN)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>}, where Fpz acts as bridging ligand, which is also discussed.
The former is high spin at all temperatures, while the latter displays
very strong cooperative SCO centered at 243 K accompanied by a hysteresis
loop 42.5 K wide. The crystal structures and SCO properties are compared
with those of related complexes derived from pyrazine, 3-fluoropyridine,
and pyridine