Multiscale study of mononuclear Co" SMMs based on curcuminoid ligands
Díaz-Torres, Raúl (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Química Inorgànica)
Menelaou, Melita (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Química Inorgànica)
Roubeau, Olivier (Universidad de Zaragoza. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón)
Sorrenti, Alessandro (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
Brandariz de Pedro, Guillem (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Química Inorgànica)
Sañudo, E. Carolina (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Química Inorgànica)
Teat, Simon J. (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Advanced Light Source)
Fraxedas, Jordi (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Ruiz, Eliseo (Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional)
Aliaga-Alcalde, Núria (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats)

Date:	2016
Abstract:	This work introduces a novel family of Co" species having a curcuminoid (CCMoid) ligand, 9Accm, attached, namely [Co(9Accm)₂(py)₂] (1) and [Co(9Accm)₂(2,20-bpy)] (2), achieved in high yields by the use of a microwave reactor, and exhibiting two different arrangements for the 9Accm ligands, described as "cis"(2) and "trans"(1). The study of the similarities/differences of the magnetic, luminescent and surface behaviors of the two new species, 1 and 2, is the main objective of the present work. The determined single-crystal structures of both compounds are the only Co"-CCMoid structures described in the literature so far. Both compounds exhibit large positive D values, that of 1 (D = +74 cm⁻¹) being three times larger than that of 2 (D = +24 cm⁻¹), and behave as mononuclear Single-Molecule Magnets (SMMs) in the presence of an external magnetic field. Their similar structures but different anisotropy and SMM characteristics provide, for the first time, deep insight on the spin-orbital effects thanks to the use of CASSCF/NEVPT2 calculations implementing such contributions. Further magnetic studies were performed in solution by means of paramagnetic ¹H NMR, where both compounds (1 and 2) are stable in CDCl₃ and display high symmetry. Paramagnetic NMR appears to be a useful diagnostic tool for the identification of such molecules in solution, where the resonance values found for the methine group (-CH-) of 9Accm vary significantly depending on the cis or trans disposition of the ligands. Fluorescence studies show that both systems display chelation enhancement of quenching (CHEQ) with regard to the free ligand, while 1 and 2 display similar quantum yields. Deposition of 1-2 on HOPG and Si(100) surfaces using spin-coating was studied using AFM; UV photoemission experiments under the same conditions display 2 as the most robust system. The measured occupied density of states of 2 with UV photoemission is in excellent agreement with theoretical DFT calculations.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CTQ2012-32247 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CTQ2011-23862-C02-01 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación MAT2012-38319-C02 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación MAT2013-47869-C4-2-P Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SEV-2013-0295
Rights:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Chemical science, Vol. 7, Issue 4 (January 2016) , p. 2793-2803, ISSN 2041-6539

DOI: 10.1039/c5sc03298a
PMID: 30090276

11 p, 1.3 MB

The record appears in these collections:
Research literature > UAB research groups literature > Research Centres and Groups (research output) > Experimental sciences > Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
Articles > Research articles
Articles > Published articles