Structural, Magnetic and DFT studies on a Charge-Transfer Salt of a Tetrathiafulvalenepyridyl-(1,5-diisopropyl) verdazyl Diradical Cation.

A new tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) donor covalently appended with a 1,5-diisopropylverdazyl radical through a cross-conjugated pyridyl linker (3) has been prepared and characterised. Reaction of 3 with tetracyanoquinonedimethane (TCNQ) afforded the 2:1 charge-transfer complex (3) ⋅TCNQ (4), in which the IR and structural data are consistent with 0.25 e charge transfer from the TTF donor (D) to the TCNQ acceptor (A).

Stereochemistry for engineering spin crossover: structures and magnetic properties of a homochiral vs. racemic [Fe(N3O2)(CN)2] complex.

The Schiff-base condensation of the R,R-(+)-diamine () with 2,6-diacetyl pyridine in the presence of Fe(II) affords the macrocyclic complex [Fe(dpN3O2)(CN)2] () (dp = diphenyl) with ligand centred chirality comprising of a 1 : 1 mixture of LS 6- and HS 7-coordinate Fe(II) centres. Variable temperature magnetic susceptibility and Mössbauer studies reveal that () undergoes an incomplete thermal SCO transition with a T1/2 = 250 K as well as a LIESST effect. In contrast its racemic counterpart () comprises of mostly LS Fe(II) and exhibits no LIESST properties.