"ESR studies of some iron(II) spin crossover complexes." by Raymond Chi Wai. Sung

Date of Award

1998

Publication Type

Doctoral Thesis

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Department

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Keywords

Chemistry, Physical.

Supervisor

McGarvey, Bruce R.,

Rights

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Abstract

X-band ESR powder studies have been done on the spin transition in Mn 2- doped [Fe(bpp)2][CF3SO3] 2·H2O, [Fe(bpp)2][BF4] 2 and [Fe(5NO2-sal N(1,4,7,10))] complexes. The use of Mn 2+ as an ESR probe in the studies is based on the knowledge that the ion is very sensitive to changes in its surrounding environment, enabling the changes within the system during HS ↔ LS crossover to be observed. The computer simulations of the powder ESR spectra of Mn2+ ion in these complexes using the SimFonia simulation program, obtained from Broker, gave numerical values of D and E for Mn2+ in the [Fe(bpp)2][CF3SO 3]2·H2O and [Fe(bpp)2][BF 4]2 systems. The magnitudes of D for Mn2+ ion are very different in the HS and LS phases of both the [Fe(bPP)2 ][CF3SO3]2·H2O and [Fe(bpp)2][BF4]2 systems, indicating that the spin transition in these systems is accompanied by a phase transformation. The spears show that during the transition there are separate domains for each spin state. Attempts to simulate the powder ESR spew of Mn2+ in [Fe(5-NO2-sal-N(1,4,7,10))] complex were unsuccessful owing to their poor quality, and further ESR study of this system was not pursued. In summary, ESR studies of [Fe(bpp)2][CF3SO 3]2·H2O show that the phase transformation is coupled to the thermally-induced spin crossover, whereas in [Fe(bpp) 2][BF4]2 the phase transformation takes place first. The rate of HS → LS phase transformation in the [Fe(bpp) 2][CF3SO3]2·H2O system, when the HS state is formed by rapidly cooling the HS state, is the same as the HS → LS conversion reported in the literature using magnetic susceptibility measurements. The rate of HS → LS phase transformation in the [Fe(bpp) 2][BF4]2 system, when the HS state is formed by rapidly cooling the HS state, is twice the rate of the spin-state transition reported in the literature using Mossbauer spectroscopy. There is also no evidence of a phase change seen in the ESR spectra of the [Fe(5-NO2-sal-N(1,4,7,10))] complex. (Abstract shortened by UMI.) Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 61-09, Section: B, page: 4745. Adviser: Bruce R. McGarvey. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1998.

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