Issue 34, 2018

Tuning the spin crossover behavior of the polyanion [(H2O)6Fe3(μ-L)6]6–: the case of the cesium salt

Abstract

The magnetic behavior of the polyanion [Fe3(μ-L)6(H2O)6]6– (L2– = (1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)ethanedisulfonate) as the corresponding dimethylammonium salt shows memory effect above room temperature, with a dynamic thermal hysteresis cycle over 90 K and temperature-induced excited spin state trapping (TIESST) phenomena at the highest temperatures reported. Taking advantage of the polyanionic nature of this trimetallic complex, we were able to substitute the dimethylammonium cations by the monovalent heavy alkali metal cesium. This methathesis yielded the salt Cs6[Fe3(μ-L)6(H2O)6], with different molecular packing that increases the number and strength of cation–anion interactions, including a more robust H-bonded network. In this phase, the spin transition still occurs above room temperature, but it is more abrupt and narrow (≈50 K wide hysteresis). Despite these differences, TIESST is observed with almost identical characteristic temperature (TTIESST = 240 K) than in the parent compound, which is an additional experimental evidence supporting the molecular origin of the TIESST behavior in these materials.

Graphical abstract: Tuning the spin crossover behavior of the polyanion [(H2O)6Fe3(μ-L)6]6–: the case of the cesium salt

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 4 2018
Accepted
05 6 2018
First published
05 6 2018

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 11895-11902

Tuning the spin crossover behavior of the polyanion [(H2O)6Fe3(μ-L)6]6–: the case of the cesium salt

A. Moneo-Corcuera, D. Nieto-Castro, C. Sáenz de Pipaón, V. Gómez, P. Maldonado-Illescas and J. R. Galan-Mascaros, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 11895 DOI: 10.1039/C8DT01339J

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