Light-controlled switching of the spin state of iron(III)

Controlled switching of the spin state of transition metal ions is key in many enzymatic reactions, but difficult to replicate in synthetic systems. Here the authors report on an iron(III) porphyrin with a photochromic axial ligand that, in solution, reversibly switches between low-spin and high-spi...

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Main Authors: Sreejith Shankar, Morten Peters, Kim Steinborn, Bahne Krahwinkel, Frank D. Sönnichsen, Dirk Grote, Wolfram Sander, Thomas Lohmiller, Olaf Rüdiger, Rainer Herges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07023-1