Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.59, No.13, 9227-9238, 2020
Field-Induced Single Molecular Magnetism and Photoluminescence in Rare Cocrystals of Isomorphic Lanthanide(III) Coordination Compounds with Fully Substituted Pyridine-4-carboxamide Ligand
A series of four isomorphous, 1:2 (complex/L) rare cocrystals of coordination compounds of Ln(III) ions as [Ln(L)(NO3)(3)(H2O)](2)[L](2) (Ln(III) = Gd (1), Tb (2), Dy (3), and Ho (4)), were synthesized with N,N-diisobutylisonicotinamide (L) using a metal-to-ligand ratio of 1:1. All compounds are dimeric in nature with two cocrystallized L molecules centro-symmetrically interspersed between two dimeric units with H-bonded bridges between them to form interesting, self-assembled Hbonded tapes along the c-axis. Detailed Shape analysis and Hirshfeld analysis are done to demonstrate geometry around the metal centers and various noncovalent interactions present in the systems, respectively. Magnetic studies show that compound 3 is a field-induced single-molecule magnet (SMM) for which the magnetization relaxes through a combination of Orbach (Delta = 51 K and tau(0) = 3.1 x 10(-7) s) and Raman mechanisms. Solid-state luminescence studies reveal that compounds 1, 2, and 3 are photoluminescent in the visible range, while 4 exhibits luminescence in the NIR region. Compound 3 shows cold white-light emission with Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates (0.31, 0.30) and correlated color temperature (CCT) value of 6942 K.