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Single-crystal to single-crystal structural transformation and photomagnetic properties of a porous iron(II) spin-crossover framework

  • Suzanne M. Neville
  • , Gregory J. Halder
  • , Karena W. Chapman
  • , Martin B. Duriska
  • , Peter D. Southon
  • , John D. Cashion
  • , Jean François Létard
  • , Boujemaa Moubaraki
  • , Keith S. Murray
  • , Cameron J. Kepert
  • The University of Sydney
  • Monash University
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux

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Abstract

The porous coordination framework material, Fe(NCS)2(bped) 2·3EtOH, SCOF-3(Et) (where bped is DL-1,2-bis(4′- pyridyl)-1,2-ethanediol), displays a spin-crossover (SCO) transition that has been stimulated both thermally and by light irradiation. The one-step thermal SCO (70-180 K) is sensitive to the presence of molecular guests, with a more gradual transition (70-225 K) apparent following the desorption of ethanol molecules that hydrogen bond to the spin centers. Additional intraframework hydrogen-bonding interactions stabilize the vacant one-dimensional pore structure of the apohost, SCOF-3, despite a dramatic single-crystal to single-crystal (SC-SC) structural change upon removal of the guests. Comprehensive structural analyses throughout this transformation, from primitive orthorhombic (Pccn) to body-centered tetragonal (/4/mcm), reveal a flexing of the framework and a dilation of the channels, with an accompanying subtle distortion of the iron(II) coordination geometry. Photomagnetic measurements of the light-induced excited spin state trapping (LIESST) effect have been used to assess the degree of cooperativity in this system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2869-2876
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume130
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 5 2008

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