Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.46, No.4, 1039-1041, 2007
Reverse photochromic behavior of an iron-magnesium complex
We have obtained a novel heterobimetallic iron-magnesium complex, (THF)(4)Mg(mu-Br)(2)FeBr2 (THF = tetrahydrofuran), which showed reverse photochromism in THF. The response exhibited in this system is associated with d-orbital splitting of the Fe atom and a change in the molecular aggregation state (dimerization).