| Home > Publications database > Synthesis and isolation of a triplet bismuthinidene with a quenched magnetic response |
| Journal Article | PUBDB-2023-06036 |
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
2023
Assoc.
Washington, DC
This record in other databases:
Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1126/science.adg2833
Abstract: Large spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is an intrinsic property of the heavy elements that directly affects the electronic structures of the compounds. In this work, we report the synthesis and characterization of a monocoordinate bismuthinidene that features a rigid and bulky ligand. All magnetic measurements [superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)] point to a diamagnetic compound. However, multiconfigurational quantum chemical calculations predict the ground state of the compound to be dominated (76%) by a spin triplet. The apparent diamagnetism is explained by an extremely large SOC-induced positive zero-field splitting of more than 4500 wavenumbers that leaves the M$_S$ = 0 magnetic sublevel thermally isolated in the electronic ground state.
|
The record appears in these collections: |