Dynamic spin interchange in a tridentate Fe() Schiff-base compound

The thermosalient effect is still a rare and poorly understood phenomenon, where crystals suddenly jump, bend, twist or explode upon undergoing a thermally activated phase transition. The synthesis and characterisation of the new spin transition Fe( iii ) compound [Fe(5-Br-salEen) 2 ][ClO 4 ] (salEe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemical science (Cambridge) 2016-01, Vol.7 (7), p.4251-4258
Hauptverfasser: Vicente, Ana I, Joseph, Abhinav, Ferreira, Liliana P, de Deus Carvalho, Maria, Rodrigues, Vítor H. N, Duttine, Mathieu, Diogo, Hermínio P, Minas da Piedade, Manuel E, Calhorda, Maria José, Martinho, Paulo N
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Zusammenfassung:The thermosalient effect is still a rare and poorly understood phenomenon, where crystals suddenly jump, bend, twist or explode upon undergoing a thermally activated phase transition. The synthesis and characterisation of the new spin transition Fe( iii ) compound [Fe(5-Br-salEen) 2 ][ClO 4 ] (salEen = N -ethyl- N -(2-aminoethyl)salicylaldiminate) is described and its thermosalient behaviour reported. It is the first example of a thermosalient effect with a spin transition and magnetic, calorimetric, diffraction, microscopy and computational studies are used to characterise these effects. Both thermosalient effect and spin transition occur around 320 K upon heating and are accompanied by an anisotropic unit cell change with conservation of crystal symmetry that causes a large enough stress of the crystal lattice to induce crystal explosion. This stress can ultimately be traced back to a diffusionless and distortive structural perturbation resulting in a coupled spin transition-thermosalient effect. Dynamic spin interchange where crystals explode with preservation of magnetic memory is observed for a mononuclear hysteretic Fe( iii ) Schiff-base compound.
ISSN:2041-6520
2041-6539
DOI:10.1039/c5sc04577k