Solid-State Spin Equilibrium of Ni(cyclam)2 Complex: Magnetostructural Correlations in Two Polymorphs.
Yoji HoriiYuki KanegaeKiyonori TakahashiAkira FuyuhiroMariko NoguchiHal SuzukiMotohiro NakanoPublished in: Inorganic chemistry (2020)
Two crystal polymorphs of Ni(cyclam)I2 (cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) were synthesized, and their magnetic properties were investigated. Temperature-dependent X-ray structural analysis and magnetic measurements revealed gradual spin transition in molecular-crystal polymorph trans-[Ni(cyclam)I2] (1a), whereas the zigzag-chain polymorph catena-[Ni(cyclam)(μ-I)]I (1b) did not show an obvious spin transition. The entropy difference between high- and low-spin states of 1a estimated by assuming the spin-equilibrium model is much smaller than those in typical iron(II)-based spin-crossover (SCO) complexes, suggesting that the normal mode softening is less remarkable in 1a. In this system, it is clearly evidenced that the interaction mode responsible to the spin equilibrium in octahedral nickel(II) complexes is highly anistropic, i.e., z-elongation and x,y-shortening of the coordination octahedron.
Keyphrases
- transition metal
- room temperature
- density functional theory
- single molecule
- molecular dynamics
- solid state
- molecular dynamics simulations
- metal organic framework
- single cell
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance
- atomic force microscopy
- open label
- mass spectrometry
- study protocol
- reduced graphene oxide
- tandem mass spectrometry