The structure and sp
in-
crossover magnet
ic behav
ior of [Fe
II16][BF
4]
2 (
1 =
isoxazole) and [Fe
II16][ClO
4]
2 have beenstud
ied. [Fe
II16][BF
4]
2 undergoes two revers
ible sp
in-
crossover trans
it
ions at 91 and 192 K, and
is the f
irst two-stepsp
in trans
it
ion to undergo a s
imultaneous crystallograph
ic phase trans
it
ion, but does not exh
ib
it thermal hysteres
is.The s
ingle-crystal structure determ
inat
ions at 260 [space group
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ies/thremacr.g
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a = 17.4387(4) &Ar
ing;,
c = 7.6847(2) &Ar
ing;] and at130 K [space group
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it
ies/onemacr.g
if">,
a = 17.0901(2) &Ar
ing;,
b = 16.7481(2) &Ar
ing;,
c = 7.5413(1) &Ar
ing;,
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ifchars/alpha.g
if" BORDER=0> = 90.5309(6)
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it
ies/deg.g
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it
ies/deg.g
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ifchars/gamma.g
if" BORDER=0 > = 117.8195(8)
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it
ies/deg.g
if">] reveal two d
ifferent
iron s
ites, Fe1 and Fe2,
in a 1:2 rat
io. The room-temperature magnet
icmoment of 5.0
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ies/mgr.g
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B is cons
istent w
ith h
igh-sp
in Fe(II). A plateau
in
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ies/mgr.g
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T) hav
ing a moment of 3.3
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ies/mgr.g
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B centered at 130K suggests a m
ixed sp
in system of some h
igh-sp
in and some low-sp
in Fe(II) molecules. On the bas
is of the Fe-Nbond d
istances at the two temperatures, and the molar fract
ion of h
igh-sp
in molecules at the trans
it
ion plateau,Fe1 and Fe2 can be ass
igned to the 91 and 192 K trans
it
ions, respect
ively. [Fe
II16][ClO
4]
2 [space group
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ies/thremacr.g
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a =17.5829(3) &Ar
ing;,
c = 7.8043(2) &Ar
ing;,
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ifchars/beta2.g
if" BORDER=0 ALIGN="m
iddle"> = 109.820 (3)
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it
ies/deg.g
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T = 295 K] also possesses Fe1:Fe2
in a 1:2 rat
io, andmagnet
ic measurements show a s
ingle sp
in trans
it
ion at 213 K,
ind
icat
ing that both Fe1 and Fe2 undergo as
imultaneous sp
in trans
it
ion. [Fe
II16][ClO
4]
2 slowly decomposes
in solut
ions conta
in
ing acet
ic anhydr
ide to form[Fe
III3O(OAc)
613][ClO
4] [space group
I2,
a = 10.1547(7) &Ar
ing;,
b = 16.5497(11) &Ar
ing;,
c = 10.3205(9) &Ar
ing;,
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ifchars/beta2.g
if" BORDER=0 ALIGN="m
iddle"> = 109.820(3)
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it
ies/deg.g
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, T = 200 K]. The
isosceles Fe
3 un
it conta
ins two Fe···Fe d
istances of 3.2844(1) &Ar
ing; and a th
ird Fe···Fed
istance of 3.2857(1) &Ar
ing;. The magnet
ic data can be f
it to a tr
inuclear model w
ith
H =
-2J(
S1·
S2 +
S2·
S3) -
2J13(
S1·
S3), where
J = -27.1 and
J13 = -32.5 cm
-1.