Observation of an unusual hysteretic magnetic transition in a heteroleptic nickel-bis-1,2-dithiolene compound

Bin Cai, Jian Lan Liu, Xiao Li Sheng, Xiao Ming Ren

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Abstract

A heteroleptic nickel-bis-1,2-dithiolene ion-pair complex, [BzQl][Ni(dmit)(mnt)] (where BzQl+ = 1-(benzyl)quinolinium; dmit 2- = 2-thioxo-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithiolate, mnt2- = maleonitriledithiolate), was synthesized and characterized structurally, which exhibited novel magnetic bistability. The compound crystallized in triclinic system with space group P-1. The anions and cations form alternating layered alignments, and the anionic layer is built by the irregularly heteroleptic [Ni(dmit)(mnt)]- chains, where the neighboring anions are connected via lateral-to-lateral S...S contacts of dmit2- ligands. The temperature dependences of magnetic susceptibility follow the S = 1/2 Heisenberg alternating linear-chain model in high-temperature phase and Curie-Weiss law in low-temperature phase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1971-1974
Number of pages4
JournalInorganic Chemistry Communications
Volume14
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2011

Keywords

  • Alternating linear spin chain
  • Heteroleptic metal-dithiolene complex
  • Magnetic bistability

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