Pressure-induced switching in a copper(II) citrate dimer

Kyle W. Galloway; Stephen A. Moggach; Pascal Parois; Alistair R. Lennie; John E. Warren; Euan K. Brechin; Robert D. Peacock; Rafael Valiente; Jesús González; Fernando Rodríguez; Simon Parsons; Mark Murrie

doi:10.1039/C001376E

Pressure-induced switching in a copper(ii) citrate dimer†

Kyle W. Galloway,^a Stephen A. Moggach,^b Pascal Parois,^a Alistair R. Lennie,^c John E. Warren,^c Euan K. Brechin,^b Robert D. Peacock,^a Rafael Valiente,^d Jesús González,^e Fernando Rodríguez,^e Simon Parsons*^b and Mark Murrie*^a

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^a WestCHEM, Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, UK
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^b School of Chemistry and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Rd, Edinburgh, UK
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^c STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, Cheshire, UK

^d MALTA-Consolider Team, Dpt. Física Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

^e MALTA-Consolider Team, DCITIMAC, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Abstract

High pressure single crystal X-ray diffraction and high pressure single crystal electronic spectroscopic studies of a copper(II) citrate dimer are reported, allowing us to correlate the change in local structure at the Cu(II) centres with the observed piezochromism.

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Pressure-induced switching in a copper(ii) citrate dimer†

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