Isotope effects on the vibrational spectra of the Fe(Phen)2 (NCS)2 spin-crossover complex studied by density functional calculations

Villo K. Pälfi, Thomas Guillon, Hauke Paulsen, Gábor Molnár, Azzedine Bousseksou*

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Abstract

A geometry optimization and vibrational frequency calculation has been carried out on the Fe(phen)2(NCS)2 (phen = 1,10 phenantroline) molecule in both spin states (S = 0 and S = 2) using the density functional theory (DFT) method with the B3LYP functional and the 6-31G(d) basis set. The frequency shifts upon 54Fe- 57Fe and 14N-15N isotope substitutions have been calculated and compared with the experimental frequency shifts as well as with calculated data (DFT/BP86) published in the literature. In the low frequency region (100-600 cm-1), both DFT methods reproduce correctly the measured isotope shifts. The accuracy of the calculated vibrational entropy change upon the spin crossover (SCO) is lower: reasonable errors (∼10%) of the calculated frequencies lead to a relatively large error (∼50%) of the total entropy change.

Original languageEnglish
JournalComptes Rendus Chimie
Volume8
Issue number8 SPEC. ISS.
Pages (from-to)1317-1325
Number of pages9
ISSN1631-0748
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.08.2005

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