Peculiar magnetic behavior in ion-pair complex [1-(4′-fluorobenzyl)pyridinium][Ni(mnt)2] (mnt2− = maleonitriledithiolate)†
Abstract
An ion-pair complex [FBzPy][Ni(mnt)2], where [FBzPy]+ = 1-(4′-fluorobenzyl)pyridinium and mnt2− = maleonitriledithiolate, forms a discrete stacking column and shows a peculiar magnetic transition from paramagnetic to diamagnetic around 90 K.