A Case Study of Mechanical Strain in Supramolecular Complexes to Manipulate the Spin State of Iron(II) Centres

Two novel supramolecular meso‐helicates have been synthesized and characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction, variable‐temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements, NMR and UV/Vis spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and density functional theory (DFT) simulations. Both compounds show a consid...

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Published in:European journal of inorganic chemistry 2015-11, Vol.2015 (33), p.5503-5510
Main Authors: Struch, Niklas, Brandenburg, Jan Gerit, Schnakenburg, Gregor, Wagner, Norbert, Beck, Johannes, Grimme, Stefan, Lützen, Arne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crystals
Density functional calculations
Density functional theory
Diffraction
Hydrocarbons
Iron
Ligands
Magnetic permeability
Magnetic properties
Simulation
Spin crossover
Stabilization
Strain
Supramolecular chemistry
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Summary:Two novel supramolecular meso‐helicates have been synthesized and characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction, variable‐temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements, NMR and UV/Vis spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and density functional theory (DFT) simulations. Both compounds show a considerably high stabilization of the high‐spin state of the metal centres compared with other compounds with similar types of ligands. Whereas the pyridyl complex [Fe2L23] [L2 = N,N′‐bis(pyridin‐2‐ylmethylene)benzene‐1,3‐diamine] exhibits the beginning of a spin transition at around 350 K, the imidazolyl complex [Fe2L13] [L1 = N,N′‐bis(1H‐imidazol‐4‐ylmethylene)benzene‐1,3‐diamine] still exhibits a high‐spin configuration at 20 K. We applied DFT to characterize the molecular as well as solid states of both compounds. Although the low‐spin state of both systems is stabilized by crystal packing, an additional stabilization of the high‐spin state is induced by intramolecular interactions. This effect can be ascribed to mechanical strain in the backbone of the ligands hailing from very short CH–π interactions and being similar in effect to sterically demanding methyl groups. Two novel dinuclear supramolecular meso‐helicates have been synthesized and studied by both experiment and theoretical (DFT) investigations to reveal a new intramolecular way to stabilize the high‐spin configuration of iron(II) complexes.
ISSN:1434-1948
1099-0682
DOI:10.1002/ejic.201501057