EPR-Einkristall-Untersuchungen an (n-Bu4N)2[Cu(dmit)2] im antiferromagnetisch gekoppelten Wirtsgitter (n-Bu4N)2[(dmit)Cu(tto)Cu(dmit)]: Ein Beitrag zur Aufklärung der sogenannten „paramagnetischen Verunreinigung“ im Wirtsgitter / A Single Crystal EPR Investigation on (n-Bu4N)2[Cu(dmit)2] in the Antiferromagnetically Coupled Host Lattice (n-Bu4N)2[(dmit)Cu(tto)Cu(dmit)]: A Contribution to the Nature of the So-called “Paramagnetic Impurities”

Abstract

Single-crystal EPR investigations on the paramagnetic CuII impurity present in the binuclear antiferromagnetically coupled complex (n-Bu4N)2[(dmit)CuII(tto)CuII,(dmit)] (dmit = dimercaptoisotrithion, tto = tetrathiooxalate) identify the mononuclear S =½ complex [CuII(dmit)2]2− as being responsible for the observed EPR spectra. The 63Cu hyperfine structure data as well as the data obtained from density functional theory (DFT) and extended Hückel theory molecular orbital (EHT-MO) calculations were used to characterize the spin-density distribution of the copper complex.