Issue 4, 2024

Magnetic properties of a europium(iii) complex – possible multiplet crossover

Abstract

A dinuclear complex [(H2O)Zn(LH)Eu(NO3)3] containing a hexadentate Schiff-base {N2O4}-donor ligand LH2− was prepared and characterized by X-ray structural analysis and IR, electronic and fluorescence spectroscopy. DC magnetic data show that upon heating the diamagnetic complex with the ground state Eu(III)–7F0 and Zn(II)–1S switches to paramagnetic species due to the population of 7FJ (J = 1 to 6) magnetic multiplets. The magnetic susceptibility increases from zero, passes through a maximum, and then decreases upon heating. This behaviour can be explained using a spin–orbit Hamiltonian with an axial distortion term. There is an alternative interpretation of the susceptibility data based on a two-level model similar to that used in the spin crossover theory.

Graphical abstract: Magnetic properties of a europium(iii) complex – possible multiplet crossover

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Nov 2023
Accepted
07 Dec 2023
First published
11 Dec 2023

Dalton Trans., 2024,53, 1492-1496

Magnetic properties of a europium(III) complex – possible multiplet crossover

R. Mičová, Z. Bielková, C. Rajnák, J. Titiš, J. Moncoľ, A. Bieńko and R. Boča, Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 1492 DOI: 10.1039/D3DT03901C

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