Toward higher nuclearity: tetranuclear cobalt(II) metallogrid exhibiting spin crossover

Inorg Chem. 2014 Mar 3;53(5):2613-8. doi: 10.1021/ic402971a. Epub 2014 Feb 20.

Abstract

Supramolecular strategy was employed to achieve the highest nuclearity Co(II) cluster exhibiting spin-crossover (SCO) behavior. Magnetic susceptibility characterization of the Co4(II) complex shows that two different spin-transition processes occur. The SCO behavior is directed by the partially deprotonated polydentate ligand, which favors the structural distortion required by the spin transition.