A new compound, [Fe(5–Cl-qsal)2][Ni(α-tpdt)2].CH3CN, where α-tpdt = 2,3-thiophenedithiolate and H5–Cl-qsal = N-(8-quinolyl)-5-chlorosalicylaldimine, was prepared and structurally and magnetically characterized. The crystal structure is based on an arrangement of alternate layers of [Fe(5–Cl-qsal)2]+ cations and [Ni(α-tpdt)2]− anions. The magnetic measurements and Mössbauer spectroscopy revealed hybrid behavior in this compound, where a ferromagnetic cluster-glass behavior, ascribed to the anions network, and a spin crossover (SCO) of the [Fe(5–Cl-qsal)2]+ cations were observed. The glassy behavior, with a blocking temperature of ca. 7.5 K, results from the disorder in the anionic layer and the competition between ferro- and antiferromagnetic interactions in the anionic layers. The SCO process with T1/2 = 298 K (high spin fraction = γHS = 0.5) is rather sluggish in the limits of the conversion (γHS ∼ 0 and γHS ∼ 1), which is attributed to the effect of the anions that seem to restrict somehow the structural distortions of the cations associated with the SCO process.
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