High-field EPR investigation of a series of mononuclear Mn(II) complexes doped into Zn(II) hosts
摘要:
The five-coordinate mono-halide mononuclear Zn(II) complexes [Zn(tpa)X](+) (tpa = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine; X = I ([Zn(tpa)I]I; 1a), Br ([Zn(tpa)Br](ZnBr4)(0.5); 2a) and Cl ([Zn(tpa)Cl](ZnCl4)(0.5); 3a)) and the six-coordinate mononuclear complex [Zn(tpa)(NCS)(2)] (4a) have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. The [Zn(tpa)X]+ complexes doped with the corresponding [Mn(tpa)X-2] complexes (X = I (1b), Br (2b) and Cl (3b)) have been synthesized and their electronic properties investigated by multifrequency high field EPR (HF-EPR) (95-285 GHz). The magnetically diluted conditions allow the determination of the hyperfine coupling constant A(vertical bar A vertical bar = 68.10(-4) cm(-1) for 1b-3b). The zero-field splitting parameters (D and E) found for 1b-3b are comparable to those found for neat samples of the [Mn(tpa)X-2] complexes (1b: vertical bar D vertical bar = 0.635 cm(-1), vertical bar E/D vertical bar = 0.189; 2b: vertical bar D vertical bar = 0.360 cm(-1), vertical bar E/D vertical bar = 0.192; 3b: vertical bar D vertical bar = 0. 115 cm(-1), vertical bar E/D vertical bar = 0.200). The efficacy of using multifrequency EPR under dilute conditions to precisely determine spin Hamiltonian parameters is discussed. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.