Structural and magnetic properties of a novel ferrocenyl-diiodine charge transfer complex.
The reaction of 4-ferrocenyl-1,3-dithiole-2-thione with diiodine affords an unprecedented "double" charge-transfer complex; the highly ordered ferrocenium units are held by a supramolecular polyiodide chain, and the material shows evidence of the formation of zigzag magnetic chains below 2 K.
Allen
David W
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Materials Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK.
Berridge
Rory
R
Bricklebank
Neil
N
Forder
Susan D
SD
Palacio
Fernando
F
Coles
Simon J
SJ
Hursthouse
Michael B
MB
Skabara
Peter J
PJ