Enhancing SIM behaviour in a mononuclear tetrahedral [Co(N, N'-2-iminopyrrolyl)2] complex

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Aug 25;58(69):9682-9685. doi: 10.1039/d2cc03511a.

Abstract

A new homoleptic Co(II) complex bearing two highly sterically congested 2-formiminopyrrolyl N,N'-chelating ligands is reported, displaying slow relaxation of the magnetisation at zero static (DC) field. This compound shows a large value for the zero-field splitting (ZFS) parameter D of -42.6(4) cm-1 leading to a spin-reversal energy barrier Ueff of 85 cm-1.