Room-temperature spin crossover and Langmuir–Blodgett film formation of an iron(ii) triazole complex featuring a long alkyl chain substituent: the tail that wags the dog

Jonathan A. Kitchen, Nicholas G. White, Claudio Gandolfi, Martin Albrecht, Guy N. L. Jameson, J. L. Tallon, Sally Brooker

Chemical Communications · 2010 · 70 citations · 20 references

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[Fe(II)(C(16)dpt)(2)(NCS)(2)].(2/3)H(2)O displays temperature-mediated spin crossover (SCO) with T((1/2)) = 290 K and the long alkyl chain substituent on the dipyridyltriazole ligand facilitates the formation of a stable Langmuir-Blodgett film at an air-water interface.

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