Probing bistability in FeII and CoII complexes with an unsymmetrically substituted quinonoid ligand12. Issue 20 (25th April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: van der Meer, Margarethe; Rechkemmer, Yvonne; Breitgoff, Frauke D.; Dechert, Sebastian; Marx, Raphael; Dörfel, María; Neugebauer, Petr; van Slageren, Joris; Sarkar, Biprajit
• Is Part Of: Dalton transactions. Volume 45:Issue 20(2016)
• Page Start: 8394
• Page End: 8403
• Publication Date: 2016-04-25
• Subjects: Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; 546.05
• DOI: 10.1039/c6dt00757k
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-9226

Abstract

Abstract : A quinone ligand with a [O, O, O, N] donor set is presented. Its Fe II complex displays bistability as a function of temperature, pressure and photoexcitation and its Co II complex displays a redox-induced spin-state change. Abstract : The generation of molecular platforms, the properties of which can be influenced by a variety of external perturbations, is an important goal in the field of functional molecular materials. We present here the synthesis of a new quinonoid ligand platform containing an [O, O, O, N] donor set. The ligand is derived from a chloranilic acid core by using the [NR] (nitrogen atom with a substituent R) for [O] isoelectronic substitution. Mononuclear Fe II and Co II complexes have been synthesized with this new ligand. Results obtained from single crystal X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, (spectro)electrochemistry, SQUID magnetometry, multi-frequency EPR spectroscopy and FIR spectroscopy are used to elucidate the electronic and geometric structures of the complexes. Furthermore, we show here that the spin state of the Fe II complex can be influenced by temperature, pressure and light and the Co II complex displays redox-induced spin-state switching. Bistability is observed in the solid-state as well as in solution for the Fe II complex. The new ligand presented here, owing to the [NR] group present in it, will likely have more adaptability while investigating switching phenomena compared to its [O, O, O, O] analogues. Thus, such classes of ligands as well as the results obtained on the reversible changes in physical properties of the metal complexes are likely to contribute to the generation of multifunctional molecular materials.