Ligand-Driven Light-Induced Spin Change in Transition-Metal Complexes: Selection of an Appropriate System and First Evidence of the Effect, in FeII(4-styrylpyridine)4(NCBPh3)2
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Abstract
The first observation of a ligand-driven light-induced spin-state change (LD-LISC effect) in a transition-metal complex is reported. The compounds under investigation are of the type Fe(II)L(4)X(2), where L is a cis/trans photoisomerizable ligand. For an iron(II) spin-state change to result from ligand cis trans conversion, the Fe(II)(trans-L)(4)X(2) species had to exhibit a thermally-induced high-spin state low-spin state crossover. This property was checked by variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements, for compounds with X(-) = NCBPh(3)(-) or NCBH(3)(-) and L = 1-phenyl-2-(4-pyridyl)ethene (or 4-styrylpyridine, abbreviated as Stpy), 1-(4-R-phenyl)-2-(4-pyridyl)ethene (R = CH(3), COOCH(3)), or 1-(1-naphthyl)-2-(4-pyridyl)ethene. The results are comparatively discussed. The best candidate for the LD-LISC effect to be observed is found to be Fe(Stpy)(4)(NCBPh(3))(2): the complex (C(t)) formed with trans-Stpy undergoes a thermally-induced spin crossover centered around 190 K; the one (C(c)) formed with cis-Stpy retains the high-spin state at any temperature. Photoisomerization of the Stpy ligand, at 140 K, in the complex embedded within a cellulose acetate matrix, is effectively shown, on the basis of UV-vis absorption measurements, to trigger the spin-state change of the iron(II) ions.
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