Modification of the magnetic properties of a heterometallic wheel by inclusion of a Jahn-Teller distorted Cu(II) ion |
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Authors: | Baker Michael L Piligkos Stergios Bianchi Alberto Carretta Stefano Collison David McDouall Joseph J W McInnes Eric J L Mutka Hannu Timco Grigore A Tuna Floriana Vadivelu Prabha Weihe Høgni Güdel Hans U Winpenny Richard E P |
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Affiliation: | School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PL. michael.baker@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | An investigation into the physical consequences of including a Jahn-Teller distorted Cu(II) ion within an antiferromagnetically coupled ring, [R(2)NH(2)][Cr(7)CuF(8)((O(2)C(t)Bu)(16))] is reported. Inelastic neutron scattering (INS) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic data are simulated using a microscopic spin Hamiltonian, and show that the two Cr-Cu exchange interactions must be inequivalent. One Cr-Cu exchange is found to be antiferromagnetic and the other ferromagnetic. The geometry of the Jahn-Teller elongation is deduced from these results, and shows that a Jahn-Teller elongation axis must lie in the plane of the Cr(7)Cu wheel; the elongation is not observed by X-ray crystallography, due to positional disorder of the Cu site within the wheel. An electronic structure calculation confirms the structural distortion of the Cu site. |
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