Issue 6, 2013

Spin crossover or intra-molecular electron transfer in a cyanido-bridged Fe/Co dinuclear dumbbell: a matter of state

Abstract

The design of molecule-based systems displaying tuneable optical and/or magnetic properties under external stimuli has received a great deal of attention in the past few years. This interest is driven by the potential applications in high-performance molecule-based electronics in the areas of recording media, switches, sensors, and displays. As an example, three-dimensional Fe/Co Prussian blue compounds exhibit a concomitant change in magnetic and optical properties due to a temperature- or light-induced metal-to-metal electron transfer. The foregoing remarkable properties in Prussian blues prompted us to design soluble molecular fragments of these coordination networks through a rational building-block approach in order to mimic their properties on a single molecule. With a judicious choice of the ligands for the iron and cobalt molecular precursors, we prepared a dinuclear cyanido-bridged Fe/Co complex that exhibits an unexpected temperature-dependent spin crossover in the solid state while an intramolecular electron transfer triggered by protonation is observed in solution.

Graphical abstract: Spin crossover or intra-molecular electron transfer in a cyanido-bridged Fe/Co dinuclear dumbbell: a matter of state

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
25 Nov 2012
Accepted
11 Mar 2013
First published
14 Mar 2013

Chem. Sci., 2013,4, 2463-2470

Spin crossover or intra-molecular electron transfer in a cyanido-bridged Fe/Co dinuclear dumbbell: a matter of state

I. Jeon, S. Calancea, A. Panja, D. M. Piñero Cruz, E. S. Koumousi, P. Dechambenoit, C. Coulon, A. Wattiaux, P. Rosa, C. Mathonière and R. Clérac, Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 2463 DOI: 10.1039/C3SC22069A

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