Observation of an iron(II) spin-crossover in an iron octacyanoniobate-based magnet
Observation of an iron(II) spin-crossover in an iron octacyanoniobate-based magnet
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200802266
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Ohkoshi, Shin-ichi
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作者:
Arai, Michio;Kosaka, Wataru;Ohkoshi, Shin-ichi
The spin-crossover phenomenon has been extensively studied for metal complexes containing octahedrally coordinated transition-metal ions by both inorganic and physical chemists.[1–3] The research of ferromagnetism has been developed using coordination polymers containing magnetic transitionmetal ions.[4] A variety of attractive functions should be observed if spin-crossover and ferromagnetism coexist in a compound. However, bulk magnetization has proved difficult to observe in the spin-crossover complexes reported to date because the spin-carrier molecules are isolated in the crystal, which results in a very weak magnetic coupling between the spin-crossover sites. To generate magnetic ordering in a spincrossover system, the spin sites should be directly bridged by a small coordinating ligand into a three-dimensional network. A cyano-bridged bimetallic assembly is a suitable system in this context.[5] Octacyanometalate-based networks, for example, are good candidates [6–10] because they have multiple pathways for magnetic coupling through the CN ligand and can take various coordination geometries in the crystal structure, ranging from zero-dimensional (0D)[7] to 1-,[8] 2-,[9] and 3D.[10] Herein we report the preparation of the octacyanobridged Fe–Nb bimetallic assembly Fe2 [Nb (CN) 8]·(3-pyCH2OH) 8· 4.6 H2O (3-py= 3-pyridyl), which displays both spin-crossover on FeII and ferrimagnetic ordering between FeII and NbIV.Rietveld analysis of the XRD pattern of a powder sample (Figure1a) indicated that the sample has a cubic crystal structure in the Ia3d space group (a= 35.157 (11); refinements Rwp= 0887 and Rp= 0685; see Tables S1 and S2, and Figure S1 in the Supporting Information). Figure 1b shows