Symmetry breaking above room temperature in an Fe(ii) spin crossover complex with an N4O2 donor set.

Wasinee PhonsriCasey G DaviesGuy N L JamesonBoujemaa MoubarakiJas S WardPaul E KrugerGuillaume ChastanetKeith S Murray

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)

[Fe(qsal-Cl)2] is one of the few known Fe(ii) spin crossover compounds with an N4O2 donor atom environment. It shows an abrupt two-step spin transition at 308 and 316 K and importantly, symmetry breaking at the highest temperature reported, to date, in spin crossover compounds.

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room temperature
ionic liquid
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density functional theory
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