Maximizing Electron Exchange in a [F 3] Cluster
Journal Article
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· Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Harvard University
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
The one-electron reduction of (tbsL)Fe3(thf)1 furnishes [M][(tbsL)Fe3] ([M]+ = [(18-C-6)K(thf)2]+ (1, 76%) or [(crypt-222)K]+ (2, 54%)). Upon reduction, the ligand tbsL6- rearranges around the triiron core to adopt an almost ideal C3-symmetry. Accompanying the (tbsL) ligand rearrangement, the THF bound to the neutral starting material is expelled, and the Fe–Fe distances within the trinuclear cluster contract by ~0.13 Å in 1. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility data indicates a well-isolated spin ground state that persists to room temperature. Slow magnetic relaxation is observed at low temperature as evidenced by the out-of-phase component of the alternating current (ac) magnetic susceptibility data and by the appearance of hyperfine splitting in the zero-field 57Fe Mössbauer spectra at 4.2 K. Analysis of the ac magnetic susceptibility yields an effective spin reversal barrier (Ueff) of 22.6(2) cm-1, nearly matching the theoretical barrier of 38.7 cm-1 calculated from the axial zero-field splitting parameter (D = -1.29 cm-1) extracted from the reduced magnetization data. A polycrystalline sample of 1 displays three sextets in the Mössbauer spectrum at 4.2 K (Hext = 0) which converge to a single six-line pattern in a frozen 2-MeTHF glass sample, indicating a unique iron environment and thus strong electron delocalization. The spin ground state and ligand rearrangement are discussed within the framework of a fully delocalized cluster exhibiting strong double and direct exchange interactions.
- Research Organization:
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0008313
- OSTI ID:
- 1467658
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 138; ISSN 0002-7863
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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