Photoinduced phenomena and structural analysis associated with the spin-state switching in the [FeII(DPEA)(NCS)2] complex

International audienceOut-of-equilibrium photoinduced switching from the low-spin to the high-spin state has been investigated on the iron(II) complex [Fe(II)(DPEA)(NCS)2] by both optical reflectivity and magnetic measurements under continuous light irradiation at low temperature. The photoinduced HS state can be observed up to 47 K and the relaxation process has been followed. Structural changes of both the temperature- and the photoinduced spin-state switching have been analyzed in detail by x-ray diffraction indicating no change of symmetry. Short intermolecular contacts and intramolecular deformations associated with the change of molecular spin state have been quantified. Actually a crossover behavior is observed at thermal equilibrium with however a quasiabrupt shape indicating significant cooperative effects. These aspects are compared between the temperature- and photoinduced spin crossovers

Quantum Chemical Study of Three Polymorphs of the Mononuclear Spin-Transition Complex [Fe(DPPA)(NCS) 2 ]

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Switching of Molecular Spin States in Inorganic complexes by Temperature, Pressure, Magnetic Field and Light : Towards Molecular Devises (microreview)

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Quantum-chemical studies of the spin transition complex [Fe(DAPP)(abpt)](ClO4)2

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A spin-crossover iron( ii ) coordination polymer with the 8-aminoquinoline ligand: synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of [Fe(aqin) 2 (4,4′-bpy)](ClO 4 ) 2 ·2EtOH (aqin = 8-aminoquinoline, 4,4′-bpy = 4,4′-bipyridyl)

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Ligand strain and conformations in a family of Fe(ii) spin crossover hexadentate complexes involving the 2-pyridylmethyl-amino moiety: DFT modelling

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Quantum chemical studies of spin crossover polymers: Periodic DFT approach

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Spin crossover and polymorphism in a family of 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene-bridged binuclear iron(ii) complexes. A key role of structural distortions

International audienceTwo polymorphic modifications 1 and 3 of binuclear compound [{Fe(dpia)(NCS)2}2(bpe)] and pseudo-polymorphic modification [{Fe(dpia)(NCS)2}2(bpe)]·2CH3OH (2), where dpia = di-(2-picolyl)amine, bpe = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene, were synthesized, and their structures, magnetic properties, and Mössbauer spectra were studied. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements of three binuclear compounds show different types of magnetic behaviour. The complex 1 exhibits a gradual two-step spin crossover (SCO) suggesting the occurrence of the mixed [HS–LS] (HS: high spin, LS: low spin) pair at the plateau temperature (182 K), at which about 50% of the complexes undergoes a thermal spin conversion. The complex 2 displays an abrupt full one-step spin transition without hysteresis, centred at about 159 K. The complex 3 is paramagnetic over the temperature range 20–290 K. The single-crystal X-ray studies show that all three compounds are built up from the bpe-bridged binuclear molecules. The structure of 1 was solved for three spin isomers [HS–HS], [HS–LS], and [LS–LS] at three temperatures 300 K, 183 K, and 90 K. The crystal structures for 2 and 3 were determined for the [HS–HS] complexes at room temperature. The analysis of correlations between the structural characteristics and different types of magnetic behaviour for new 1–3 binuclear complexes, as well as for previously reported binuclear compounds, revealed that the SCO process (occurrence of full one-step, two-step, or partial (50%) SCO) is specified by the degree of distortion of the octahedral geometry of the [FeN6] core, caused by both packing and strain effects arising from terminal and/or bridging ligands. The comparison of the magnetic properties and the networks of intra- and inter-molecular interactions in the crystal lattice for the family of related SCO binuclear compounds suggests that the intermolecular interactions play a predominant role in the cooperativeness of the spin transition relative to the intramolecular interactions through the bridging ligand

Spin crossover behavior in a family of iron( ii ) zigzag chain coordination polymers

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