Magnetic and therma
l properties o
f the iron(III) spin crossover comp
lex [Fe(3MeO-sa
lenEt)
2]PF
6 are verysensitive to mechanochemica
l perturbations. Heat capacities
for unperturbed and di
fferent
ly perturbed samp
leswere precise
ly determined by adiabatic ca
lorimetry at temperatures in the 10-300 K range. The unperturbedcompound shows a cooperative spin crossover transition at 162.31 K, presenting a hysteresis o
f 2.8 K. Theanoma
lous entha
lpy and entropy contents o
f the transition were eva
luated to be
fchars/De
lta.gi
f" BORDER=0 >
trsH = 5.94 kJ mo
l-1 and
fchars/De
lta.gi
f" BORDER=0 >
trsS = 36.7 J K
-1 mo
l-1, respective
ly. By mechanochemica
l treatments, (1) the phase transition temperaturewas
lowered by 1.14 K, (2) the entha
lpy and entropy gains at the phase transition due to the spin crossoverphenomenon were diminished to
fchars/De
lta.gi
f" BORDER=0 >
trsH = 4.94 kJ mo
l-1 and
fchars/De
lta.gi
f" BORDER=0 >
trsS = 31.1 J K
-1 mo
l-1, and (3) the
lattice heatcapacities were
larger than those o
f the unperturbed samp
le over the who
le temperature range. In spite o
fdi
fferent mechanica
l perturbations (grinding with a mortar and pest
le and grinding in a ba
ll-mi
ll), two sets o
fheat capacity measurements provided basica
lly the same resu
lts. The mechanochemica
l perturbation exertsits e
ffect more strong
ly on the
low-spin state than on the high-spin state. It shows a substantia
l increase o
fthe number o
f iron(III) ions in the high-spin state be
low the transition temperature. The heat capacities o
f thediamagnetic coba
lt(III) ana
logue [Co(3MeO-sa
lenEt)
2]PF
6 a
lso were measured. The
lattice heat capacity o
fthe iron compounds has been estimated
from either the measurements on the coba
lt comp
lex using acorresponding states
law or the e
ffective
frequency distribution method. These estimations have been used
for the eva
luation o
f the transition anoma
ly.