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    Spitsyna, Nataliya G; Blagov, Maxim A; Lazarenko, Vladimir A; Svetogorov, Roman D; Zubavichus, Yan V; Zorina, Leokadiya V; Maximova, Olga; Yaroslavtsev, Sergey A; Rusakov, Vyacheslav S; Raganyan, Grigory V; Yagubskii, Eduard B; Vasiliev, Alexander N

    Inorganic chemistry, 12/2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 23
    Journal Article

    A potassium salt of the N2S2O2-coordination Fe­(III) anion K­Fe­(5Cl-thsa)2 (1) (5Cl-thsa − 5-chlorosalicylaldehyde thiosemicarbazone) is synthesized and characterized structurally and magnetically over a wide temperature range. Two polymorphs of salt 1 characterized by the common 2D polymer nature and assigned to the same orthorhombic Pbcn space group have been identified. The molecular structure of the minor polymorph of 1 was solved and refined at 100, 250, and 300 K is shown to correspond to the LS configuration. The dominant polymorph of 1 features K+ cations disordered over a few crystallographic sites, while the minor polymorph includes fully ordered K+ cations. The major polymorph exhibits a complete three-step cooperative spin-crossover transition both in the heating and cooling modes: The first step occurs in a temperature range from 2 to 50 K; the second abrupt hysteretic step occurs from 200 to 250 K with T 1/2 = 230 K and a 6 K hysteresis loop. The third gradual step occurs from 250 to 440 K. According to 57Fe Mössbauer, XRPD, and EXAFS data, the spin-crossover transition for the dominant polymorph is quite peculiar. Indeed, the increase in the HS concentration by 57% at the second step does not result in the expected significant increase in the iron­(III)–ligand bond lengths. In addition, the final step of the spin conversion (ΔγHS = 26%) is associated with a structural phase transition with a symmetry lowering from the orthorhombic (Pbcn) to the monoclinic (P21/n) space group. This nontrivial phenomenon was investigated in detail by applying magnetization measurements, electron spin resonance, 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, and DFT calculations. These results provide a new platform for understanding the multistep spin-crossover character in the Fe­(III) thsa-complexes and related compounds.