Abrupt Spin Transitions and LIESST Effects Observed in Fe-II Spin-crossover Complexes with Extended pi-Conjugated Schiff-base Ligands Having N4O2 Donor Sets

Kuroda-Sowa T; Yu Z; Senzaki Y; Sugimoto K; Maekawa M; Munakata M; Hayami S; Maeda Y

Chemistry Letters, Vol.37, No.12, 1216-1217, 2008

DOI10.1246/cl.2008.1216 Export Citation

Abrupt Spin Transitions and LIESST Effects Observed in Fe-II Spin-crossover Complexes with Extended pi-Conjugated Schiff-base Ligands Having N4O2 Donor Sets

Kuroda-Sowa T, Yu Z, Senzaki Y, Sugimoto K, Maekawa M, Munakata M, Hayami S, Maeda Y

Novel Fe-II complexes with N4O2 donor sets having, extended pi-conjugated aromatic rings, [Fe(qnal)(2)]center dot CH2Cl2 and [Fe(qnal)21, show abrupt spin transitions at 220 and 265 K, respectively. Both complexes show LIESST effects below 80 K.