This paper is devoted to the determination of the spin
distribution in the spin triplet ground state of
[Cu2(t-Bupy)4(N3)2](ClO4)2,
with t-Bupy = p-tert-butylpyridine.
The crystal structure, previously solved at
room temperature from X-ray diffraction, has been redetermined at 18 K
from unpolarized neutron diffraction.
The structure consists of binuclear cations in which
Cu2+ ions are doubly bridged by azido groups in
the
1,1-fashion, and noncoordinated perchlorate anions. The
experimental spin distribution has been determined
from polarized neutron diffraction (PND) at 1.6 K under 50 kOe.
The spin populations have been found to
be strongly positive on the Cu2+ ions, weakly positive on
the terminal and bridging nitrogen atoms of the
azido groups as well as on the nitrogen atoms of the t-Bupy
ligands, and weakly negative on the central
nitrogen atoms of the N3
- bridges. The
PND results have been discussed. The spin distribution in
[Cu2(t-Bupy)4(N3)2](ClO4)2
has been analyzed as resulting from a spin delocalization from the
Cu2+ ions toward the
azido bridges, to which a spin polarization effect within the azido π
orbitals is superimposed. The experimental
data have been compared to the results of DFT calculations. The
spin density map is qualitatively reproduced;
however, the DFT calculations overestimate the spin delocalization from
the Cu2+ ions toward the peripheral
and bridging ligands.
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