A Redox-Active Bridging Ligand to Promote Spin Delocalization, High-Spin Complexes, and Magnetic Multi-Switchability

Xiaozhou Ma, Elizaveta A. Suturina, Siddhartha De, Philippe Négrier, Mathieu Rouzières, Rodolphe Clérac, Pierre Dechambenoit

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Abstract

A dinuclear CoII complex, [Co2(tphz)(tpy)2]n+ (n=4, 3 or 2; tphz: tetrapyridophenazine; tpy: terpyridine), has been assembled using the redox-active and strongly complexing tphz bridging ligand. The magnetic properties of this complex can be tuned from spin-crossover with T1/2≈470 K for the pristine compound (n=4) to single-molecule magnet with an ST=5/2 spin ground state when once reduced (n=3) to finally a diamagnetic species when twice reduced (n=2). The two successive and reversible reductions are concomitant with an increase of the spin delocalization within the complex, promoting remarkably large magnetic exchange couplings and high-spin species even at room temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7841-7845
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume57
Issue number26
Early online date30 Apr 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jun 2018

Funding

This work was supported by the ANR (ANR-16-CE29-0001-01, Active-Magnet project), the University of Bordeaux, the Région Nouvelle Aquitaine, the CNRS, the MOLSPIN COST action CA15128 and the CSC for the PhD funding of X.M. E.A.S. thanks EPSRC for support (EP/N006895/1), the IRIDIS High Performance Computing Facility and associated services at the University of Southampton and the RSC for a travel grant. The authors thank also D. Woodruff, J.-L. Liu, A. Mondal, and S. Exiga for their assistance and fruitful discussions as well as the GdR MCM-2: Magnétisme et Commutation Moléculaires.

Keywords

  • molecular magnetism
  • multiswitchability
  • non-innocent ligands
  • radicals
  • spin delocalization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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