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Magnetism, dielectrics and ion conduction in two polymorphs of a heteroleptic bis(dithiolato)nickelate molecular solid†
Xuan-Rong Chen,Min Luo,Zhen-Min Zhang,Xiao-Yi Xu,Yi Jiang,Hang Liu
New Journal of Chemistry Pub Date : 03/17/2021 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D1NJ00491C
Abstract

Homoleptic metal-bis-1,2-dithiolene complexes have been intensively investigated and they show frequently a spin-Peierls-type transition owing to strong spin–lattice coupling. However, heteroleptic metal-bis-1,2-dithiolene complexes have been rarely reported and they display novel physical properties. Herein, we report a new heteroleptic compound [Et3(n-Pr)N][Ni(dmit)(mnt)] (1) (Et3(n-Pr)N+ = triethylpropylammonium, dmit2− = 2-thioxo-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithiolate, mnt2− = maleonitriledithiolate), which was prepared through ligand exchange reaction. 1 has two crystal polymorphs, labeled as and , which can be identified by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) technology. The two crystal polymorphs show different crystal structures, and the alignment styles of the neighboring anions show a great difference between and . The crystal structure optimization revealed that is a stable crystal lattice with a little difference between optimized and original structures, while may be an unstable crystal form. Both and show Curie–Weiss-type paramagnetic magnetic character in the whole temperature regions. In addition, the dielectric properties of and disclosed that there existed a dielectric anomaly in , but not in , which resulted from the structural phase change in with the change in temperature. The critical temperature of the dielectric phase transition almost coincides with that obtained by dielectric relaxation and impedance analysis.

Graphical abstract: Magnetism, dielectrics and ion conduction in two polymorphs of a heteroleptic bis(dithiolato)nickelate molecular solid
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