Korzeniak Tomasz, Jankowski Robert, Kozieł Marcin, Pinkowicz Dawid, Sieklucka Barbara
Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University , Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
Inorg Chem. 2017 Nov 6;56(21):12914-12919. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01708. Epub 2017 Oct 9.
Two new hexanuclear octahedral cyanido-bridged clusters, {[Cd(bpy)][W(CN)]}·10HO (CdW) and {[Cd(bpy)][Mo(CN)]}·10HO (CdMo), have been obtained and characterized structurally and photomagnetically. Both compounds show a very rare and reversible single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation upon dehydration accompanied by marked color changes in the case of CdW. Moreover, irradiation of CdMo using 436 nm light induces a reversible photomagnetic effect due to the LIESST-like singlet-triplet transition at the Mo center. Analogous photomagnetic experiments for CdW did not lead to any significant change of its magnetic moment.
