Temperature- and Pressure-Induced Structural Changes of Cobalt(II) in a Phosphonium-Based Ionic Liquid
Author(s) -
Éadaoin McCourt,
Ż. Wojnarowska,
Johan Jacquemin,
Peter Nockemann,
Haresh Manyar,
Ł. Hawełek,
Marian Paluch
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of physical chemistry c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 289
eISSN - 1932-7455
pISSN - 1932-7447
DOI - 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01325
Subject(s) - phosphonium , cobalt , octahedron , ionic liquid , thiocyanate , chemistry , ionic conductivity , ionic bonding , ion , inorganic chemistry , conductivity , paramagnetism , crystallography , materials science , organic chemistry , electrode , physics , electrolyte , catalysis , quantum mechanics
The temperature- and pressure-induced paramagnetic switching of cobalt(II) complex in a binary mixture of phosphonium-based ionic liquid [P6,6,6,14]SCN and [Co(NCS)2] is reported. This arises from a structural change in the coordination of the cobalt(II) center from tetrahedral [Co(NCS)4]2– to octahedral [Co(NCS)6]4– when mobile thiocyanate ions are added. These properties are reflected in the abrupt change of the conductivity behavior of the magnetic ionic liquid. Therefore, as demonstrated herein, the reversible switching in coordination of cobalt from tetrahedral to octahedral can be easily monitored at ambient as well as elevated pressure by tracking the dc-conductivity changes.
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