Issue 3, 2018

Metamagnetism with TN = 97 K in a layered assembly of paddlewheel [Ru2] units and TCNQ: an empirical rule for interlayer distances determining the magnetic ground state

Abstract

A donor (D)/acceptor (A) assembly reaction of the paddlewheel-type diruthenium(II,II) complex [Ru2(m-ClPhCO2)4(THF)2] (m-ClPhCO2 = meta-chlorobenzoate; abbreviated hereafter as [Ru2]) with 2,5-dimethoxy-7,7,8,8-tetracyano-p-quinodimethane (TCNQ(MeO)2) in a dichloromethane (DCM)/1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane (TCE) solvent system led to the formation of a two-dimensional layered D2A compound with crystallization solvents located between layers: [{Ru2(m-ClPhCO2)4}2{TCNQ(MeO)2}]·3.3DCM·2TCE (1). Compound 1 undergoes an intra-lattice one-electron transfer to form a charge-distributed state with the formula [{RuII,III2}+–TCNQ˙–{RuII,II2}] with intra-layer ferrimagnetic spin ordering through dπ*–pπ* orbital overlap that results in ferrimagnetic arrangement with antiferromagnetic interactions over heterospins of S = 1 for [RuII,II2] and S = 3/2 for [RuII,III2] via S = 1/2 for TCNQ˙. Consequently, because of the presence of interlayer antiferromagnetic interactions, 1 has an antiferromagnetic ground state with TN = 97 K. On applying a field of less than 0.5 T, a spin flip is induced, yielding a field-induced ferrimagnet (a type of metamagnet) with a large coercive field of 1.2 T at 1.8 K. Compound 1 has interlayer translational (i.e., interlayer [Ru2]⋯[Ru2] or TCNQ⋯TCNQ distance) (l2) and interlayer vertical (l1) distances of 10.30 and 9.82 Å, respectively. By comparison of the magnetostructural correlations of this type of layered magnet, this class of antiferromagnets, including 1, reveal a trend of having l2 ≤ 10.3 Å.

Graphical abstract: Metamagnetism with TN = 97 K in a layered assembly of paddlewheel [Ru2] units and TCNQ: an empirical rule for interlayer distances determining the magnetic ground state

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
20 ⵏⵓⵡ 2017
Accepted
10 ⵉⵏⵏ 2018
First published
10 ⵉⵏⵏ 2018

Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 497-504

Metamagnetism with TN = 97 K in a layered assembly of paddlewheel [Ru2] units and TCNQ: an empirical rule for interlayer distances determining the magnetic ground state

W. Kosaka, M. Itoh and H. Miyasaka, Mater. Chem. Front., 2018, 2, 497 DOI: 10.1039/C7QM00534B

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