High-temperature spin crossover in a mononuclear six-coordinate cobalt(II) complex

Joanna Palion-Gazda; Anna Świtlicka-Olszewska; Barbara Machura; Thais Grancha; Emilio Pardo; Francesc Lloret; Miguel Julve

doi:10.1021/ic501195y

High-temperature spin crossover in a mononuclear six-coordinate cobalt(II) complex

Inorg Chem. 2014 Oct 6;53(19):10009-11. doi: 10.1021/ic501195y. Epub 2014 Sep 8.

Authors

Joanna Palion-Gazda¹, Anna Świtlicka-Olszewska, Barbara Machura, Thais Grancha, Emilio Pardo, Francesc Lloret, Miguel Julve

Affiliation

¹ Department of Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia , 9th Szkolna Street, 40006 Katowice, Poland.

PMID: 25198244
DOI: 10.1021/ic501195y

Abstract

The six-coordinate cobalt(II) complex of formula [Co(tppz)2](tcm)2 exhibits a thermally induced spin-crossover behavior from a high spin (S = 3/2) at higher temperatures to a low spin (S = ½) at lower temperatures, with the low-spin phase being achieved at T ≤ 200 K.