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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 14, 15 (2012) 5265-5271
High-pressure spin-crossover in a dinuclear Fe(ii) complex.
Helena J. Shepherd 1, Patrick Rosa 2, Laure Vendier 3, Nicola Casati 4, Jean-François Létard 2, Azzedine Bousseksou 3, Philippe Guionneau 2, Gábor Molnár 3
(2012)

The effect of pressure on the dinuclear spin crossover material [{Fe(bpp)(NCS)(2)}(2)(4,4'-bipy)]*2MeOH (where bpp = 2,6-bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine and 4,4'-bipy = 4,4'-bipyridine, 1) has been investigated with single crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy using diamond anvil cell techniques. The very gradual pressure-induced spin crossover occurs between 7 and 25 kbar, and shows no evidence of crystallographic phase transitions. The pressure-induced spin transition leads to a complete LS state which is not thermally accessible. This structural evolution under pressure is in stark contrast to the previously reported thermal spin crossover behaviour, in which a symmetry-breaking, purely structural phase transition results in only partial conversion to the low spin state. This observation is attributed to the symmetry-breaking phase transition becoming unfavourable under pressure.
1 :  Department of Chemistry
University of Durham
2 :  Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux (ICMCB)
CNRS : UPR9048 – Université de Bordeaux – Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique
3 :  Laboratoire de chimie de coordination (LCC)
CNRS : UPR8241
4 :  Diamond Light Source Ltd
Diamond Light Source Ltd
Chimie/Matériaux
Molecular materials – Spin crossover – High pressure – Iron