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Temperature and Pressure Induced Structural Changes of Cobalt (II) in a Phosphonium Based Ionic Liquid
The temperature- and pressure-induced paramagnetic
switching of cobalt(II) complex in a binary mixture of phosphoniumbased
ionic liquid [P6,6,6,14]SCN and [Co(NCS)2] is reported. This arises
from a structural change in the coordination of the cobalt(II) center from
tetrahedral [Co(NCS)4]2â to octahedral [Co(NCS)6]4â when mobile
thiocyanate ions are added. These properties are reflected in the abrupt
change of the conductivity behavior of the magnetic ionic liquid. Therefore,
as demonstrated herein, the reversible switching in coordination of cobalt
from tetrahedral to octahedral can be easily monitored at ambient as well as
elevated pressure by tracking the dc-conductivity changes