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Structural and theoretical insights into solvent effects in an iron(III) SCO complex

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Alcohol effects in a series of iron(III) spin crossover complexes [Fe(qsal-Cl) 2 ]NO 3 •ROH (R = Me 1, Et 2, 1-Pr 3) are explored. Despite the solvents differing from each other by only one or two CH 2 groups, unique packing motifs are observed for each complex. While 1 crystallizes in triclinic P with two independent iron(III) centres, connecting them in a tight undulating 1D chain with a rectangular cross-section; 2 (monoclinic P2 1 /c) and 3 (monoclinic I2/a) crystallize with only one iron center. For 2, a linear 1D chain is observed with a square cross-section, while 3 exhibits a looser 1D chain formed by dimers. The 3D supramolecular networks are distinctive with 1 showing identical parallelogram shaped 2D sheets, whereas 2 and 3 show alternating 2D sheets with differing staggering between the layers (AB). These results are supported by Hirshfeld surface analysis. The magnetic studies show no significant SCO for 1 and 3. However, 2 shows an incomplete gradual spin transition (T 1/2 = 200 K). Moreover, upon partial ethanol desolvation, a 25 K hysteresis near room temperature (T 1/2 ↓ = 275 K, T 1/2 ↑ = 300 K) is observed. The packing observed in 2 is present in many other [Fe(qsal-X) 2 ] + complexes with hysteresis and abrupt SCO. DFT calculations using the r 2 SCAN functional quantify the differences for the 1 and 2 in the low-high spin energy and their cooperative effects. This study illustrates that even small changes in the solvent can dramatically influence the crystal packing and therefore the SCO properties.
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hal-03770609 , version 1 (06-09-2022)

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Raúl Díaz-Torres, Theerapoom Boonprab, Silvia Gómez-Coca, Eliseo Ruiz, Guillaume Chastanet, et al.. Structural and theoretical insights into solvent effects in an iron(III) SCO complex. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2022, 9 (20), pp.5317-5326. ⟨10.1039/D2QI01159J⟩. ⟨hal-03770609⟩
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