posted on 2014-10-06, 00:00authored byJoanna Palion-Gazda, Anna Świtlicka-Olszewska, Barbara Machura, Thais Grancha, Emilio Pardo, Francesc Lloret, Miguel Julve
The six-coordinate cobalt(II) complex
of formula [Co(tppz)2](tcm)2 exhibits a thermally
induced spin-crossover behavior from a high spin (S = 3/2) at higher temperatures to a low spin
(S = 1/2) at lower temperatures,
with the low-spin phase being achieved at T ≤
200 K.