Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.36, No.15, 3382-3385, 1997
Hysteresis of the Pressure-Induced Jahn-Teller Switch in Deuterated Ammonium Copper(II) Tutton Salt, (Nd4)(2)(Cu(D2O)(6))(SO4)(2)
A pressure-induced phase change in the title compound involving a Jahn-Teller switch is observed at an applied pressure of similar to 200-250 bar at room temperature by both neutron diffraction and EPR spectroscopy. The transition reverses upon lowering the pressure with a hysteresis of about 100 bar. The single-crystal EPR spectra exhibit signals due to individual molecules in the low-pressure phase which become exchange-averaged in the high-pressure phase up to at least 600 bar in the case of the single-crystal measurements, and diverge at about 1 kbar as shown in previous powder measurements.
Keywords:TEMPERATURE;COMPLEXES