Unusual magnetic property associated with dimerization within a nickel tetramer

Xiaoming Ren, Qingjin Meng, You Song, Chuanjiang Hu, Changsheng Lu, Xiaoyuan Chen, Ziling Xue

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Abstract

A new ion-pair complex, 1-benzyl-4-aminopyridinium bis(maleonitriledithiolato)nickelate(III)(1), has been synthesized. The variable magnetic susceptibility results of 1 show a discontinuity around 184 K, which is phenomenologically similar to that observed for first-row transition metal complexes undergoing a spin crossover transition. The crystal structure analyses of 1 at high and low temperatures indicate that this unusual magnetic property is associated with a packing structure that changes from tetrameric spin clusters to dimers between neighboring spin carriers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5931-5933
Number of pages3
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume41
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Nov 2002
Externally publishedYes

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