A flexible iron(ii) complex in which zero-field splitting is resistant to structural variation.

ABSTRACT: The relationship between electronic structure and zero-field splitting dictates key design parameters for magnetic molecules. In particular, to enable the directed synthesis of new electronic spin based qubits, developing complexes where zero-field splitting energies are invariant to structural changes is a critical challenge. Toward those ends, we report three salts of a new compound, a four-coordinate iron(ii) complex [Fe(C₃S₅)₂]^2- ([(18-crown-6)K]⁺ (1), Ph₄P⁺ (2), Bu₄N⁺ (3)) with a continuous structural variation in a single parameter, the dihedral angle (θ_d) between the two C₃S₅^2- ligands, as a function of counterion

SUBMITTER: Zadrozny JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5952318 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature