Controlled Light and Temperature Induced Valence Tautomerism in a Cobalt-o-Dioxolene Complex

Paul Raithby; Ludmila Leroy; Thiago Francisco; Helena Shepherd; Mark Warren; Lucy Saunders; David Shultz; Carlos Pinheiro

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00638

Controlled Light and Temperature Induced Valence Tautomerism in a Cobalt-o-Dioxolene Complex

Paul Raithby, Ludmila Leroy, Thiago Francisco, Helena Shepherd, Mark Warren, Lucy Saunders, David Shultz, Carlos Pinheiro

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Abstract

The mononuclear cobalt complex of 3,5-di-tert-butylcathecolate and cyan-pyridine is a very versatile compound that displays valence tautomerism (VT) in the solid-state which is induced by temperature, light and hard X-rays and modulated by solvent in the crystal lattice. Here, we demonstrate the photo-induced valence tautomerism in benzene solvated crystals of such complex with a very high yield of metastable states using 450nm light, and also show evidence of the de-excitation of these photo-induced metastable states using red 660nm light. In our work we use single crystal X-ray diffraction as a probe for the VT and demonstrate the controlled use of hard X-rays using attenuated X-ray beams in order to control the X-ray induced VT interconversion. Our results point to a larger efficiency in the VT interconversion when d-d transitions are excited in comparison with charge transfer promotion.

Original language	English
Article number	ic-2021-006388
Pages (from-to)	8665–8671
Journal	Inorganic Chemistry
Volume	60
Issue number	12
Early online date	4 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00638
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2021

Keywords

Valence tautomerism
Cobalt o-semiquinone
Single-crystal
X-ray diffraction

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Inorganic Chemistry
Spectroscopy

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Controlled Light and Temperature Induced Valence Tautomerism in a Cobalt-o-Dioxolene Complex. / Raithby, Paul; Leroy, Ludmila; Francisco, Thiago; Shepherd, Helena; Warren, Mark; Saunders, Lucy; Shultz, David; Pinheiro, Carlos.

In: Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 60, No. 12, ic-2021-006388, 21.06.2021, p. 8665–8671.

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