We present here a novel example of spin crossover phenomenon on a Fe(II) one-dimensional chain with unusual NS coordination sphere. The [{Fe(tpc-OMe)(NCS)(μ-NCS)} ] (1) compound was prepared using the tridentate tpc-OMe ligand (tpc-OMe = tris(2-pyridyl)methoxymethane), FeCl·4HO, and the KSCN salt. Crystallographic investigations revealed that the Fe(II) ions are connected by a single bridging NCS ligand (μ-κN:κS-SCN coordination mode) to afford a zigzag neutral chain running along the [010] direction, in which the thiocyanato bridging groups adopt a cis head-to-tail configuration. The (NS) metal environment arises from one thiocyanato-κS and two thiocyanato-κN ligands and from three pyridine of the fac-tpc-OMe tripodal ligand. This compound presents a unique extension of Fe(II) binuclear complexes into linear chains built on similar tripodal ligands and bridging thiocyanate anions. Compound 1 shows a spin crossover (SCO) behavior which has been evidenced by magnetic, calorimetric, and structural investigations, revealing a sharp cooperative spin transition with a transition temperature of ca. 199 K. Temperature scan rate studies revealed a very narrow hysteresis loop (∼1 K wide). Photoswitching of this compound was also performed, evidencing a very fast relaxation process at low temperature. Among other factors, the linearity of the N-bound terminal thiocyanato ligand appears as the main structural characteristic at the origin of the presence of the SCO transition in compound 1 and in the two others Fe(II) previous systems involving thiocyanato-bridges and tripodal tris(2-pyridyl)methane ligands.
International audienceNew Cu(II) coordination polymeric neutral chains of formula [Cu 2 (1,4-tpbd)Cl 2 L 2)] (1,4-tpbd = N,N,N'N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)benzene-1,4-diamine, L = 1,1,3,3-tetracyano-2-ethoxypropenide (tcnoet)-(1) or 1,1,3,3-tetracyano-2-propoxypropenide (tcnopr)-(2)) have been synthesized and characterized by infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and magnetic measurements. The crystal structure determinations of 1 and 2 reveal in both cases a one-dimensional structure in which the 1,4-tpbd acts as a bis-chelating ligand and the two chloride anions as asymmetrical bridging ligands. The Cu···Cu distances through the bis-chelating 1,4-tpbd ligand (8.194(1) and 8.245(3) Å for 1 and 2 respectively) are in the range of the corresponding distances observed for parent complexes involving similar bridges; and as expected, the Cu···Cu distances through the asymmetrical ( 2-Cl) 2 bridges are significantly shorter (4.021(2) and 4.125(2) Å for 1 and 2, respectively). For both compounds, magnetic measurements exhibit a maximum in the m vs. T plot (at 50 K for 1, and at 48 K for 2), characteristic of antiferromagnetic exchange interactions occurring mainly through the tbpd organic ligand that can be very well reproduced with a S = ½ dimer model with g = 2.114, J =-41.2 cm-1 for 1 and g = 2.105 and J =-39.3 cm-1 for 2.
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