Single molecule magnet behaviour in a square planar S = 1/2 Co(ii) complex and spin-state assignment of multiple relaxation modes.
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- Bhowmick I; Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1872, USA. matthew.shores@colostate.edu.; Shaffer DW; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA and MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, 193 Marsh Hill Rd, Orange, CT 06477, USA.; Yang JY; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.; Shores MP; Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1872, USA. matthew.shores@colostate.edu.
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- Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9610838 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1364-548X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13597345 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Chem Commun (Camb) Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE; MEDLINE
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- English
We report the first example of field-induced single molecule magnet (SMM) behaviour in a square-planar S = 1/2 Co(ii) pincer complex [(PNNNP)CoBr]Br (2). The related five-coordinate complexes [(PCNCP)CoBr2] (1) and [(PONOP)CoBr2] (3) also exhibit SMM properties. Partial spin crossover displayed by 3 allows for assignment of distinct relaxation modes to each spin state.