Probing Spin Crossover in a Solution by Paramagnetic NMR Spectroscopy

Inorg Chem. 2017 Dec 18;56(24):14759-14762. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02649. Epub 2017 Dec 5.

Abstract

Spin transitions in spin-crossover compounds are now routinely studied in the solid state by magnetometry; however, only a few methods exist for studies in solution. The currently used Evans method, which relies on NMR spectroscopy to measure the magnetic susceptibility, requires the availability of a very pure sample of the paramagnetic compound and its exact concentration. To overcome these limitations, we propose an alternative NMR-based technique for evaluating spin-state populations by only using the chemical shifts of a spin-crossover compound; those can be routinely obtained for a solution that contains unknown impurities and paramagnetic admixtures or is contaminated otherwise.