Two-step spin conversion in a cyanide-bridged ferrous square.
Two-step spin conversion in a cyanide-bridged ferrous square.
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10.1002/anie.200502216
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2005-10
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M. Nihei;M. Ui;Masanobu Yokota;Lingqin Han;A. Maeda;H. Kishida;H. Okamoto;H. Oshio
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M. Nihei;M. Ui;Masanobu Yokota;Lingqin Han;A. Maeda;H. Kishida;H. Okamoto;H. Oshio
An important route to the development of switches for advanced molecular devices involves changes in magnetic properties at the molecular level.[1] Spin crossover in transition-metal complexes, in which spin-state conversions occur as a result of heat, pressure, or light irradiation, is a key phenomenon for designing molecular switches.[2] Because cyanide-bridged complexes are relatively easy to synthesize and have rich magnetic properties, they have become the focus of this area of research. Prussian blue, which is a ferromagnet with a Curie temperature (TC) of 5.6 K,[3] and some heterometal analogues that are high-TC magnets with an ordering temperature up to 372K are examples of wellknown cyanide-bridged metal complexes.[4] Metal ions in cyanometalates typically adopt a low-spin configuration. However, introduction of ligands with weak ligand-field strengths and combinations of heterometal ions afford interesting magnetic properties such as spin crossover,[5] photoinduced magnetism,[6] and superparamagnetism.[7] Furthermore, molecules with more than one spin-crossover site can be used as multistepped molecular switches. Recently, some thermally induced, two-step spin-crossover complexes were reported.[8] However, the number of such systems is still small.[9] We have studied cyanide-bridged molecular squares,[Fe2M2 (μ-CN) 4 (bpy) 8] n+(M= late first-row transition-metal ion; bpy= 2, 2’-bipyridine), in which cyanide ions bridge four metal ions to form the macrocyclic tetranuclear core.[10] We found that by replacing bpy with tris (2-pyridylmethyl) amine (tpa), the ligand-field strength on the FeII centers is weakened and the resulting ferrous square,[FeII 4 (μ-CN) 4 (bpy) 4 (tpa) 2]-(PF6) 4 (1-(PF6) 4), showed two-step spin conversion.The reaction of [Fe (CN) 2 (bpy) 2]· 3 H2O [11] with FeCl2· 4 H2O, tpa,[12] and NH4PF6 in methanol afforded the tetranuclear complex 1 (PF6) 4.[13] X-ray crystal structure analyses were performed at 100, 200, and 300 K, and the molecular structure of 14+ at 200 K is shown in Figure 1.