INFLUENCES OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND LATTICE SOLVENTS ON THE SPINTRANSITION REGIME OF THE POLYMERIC COMPOUND [FE(HYETRZ)(3)]A(2)CENTER-DOT-3H(2)O (HYETRZ = 4-(2'-HYDROXYETHYL)-1,2,4-TRIAZOLE AND A(-) = 3-NITROPHENYLSULFONATE)

[Fe(hyetrz)(3)](3 -nitrophenylsulfonate)(2). 3H(2)O (1 . 3H(2)O), with hyetrz = 4-(2'-hydroxyethyl)-1,2,4-triazole, has been synthesized, an d its physical properties have been investigated with several techniqu es, including optical and Mossbauer spectroscopies, magnetism at diffe rent pressures up to ca. 9 kbar, thermogravimetry, calorimetry, and X- ray powder diffraction. At room temperature, 1 . 3H(2)O is in the low- spin (LS) state and the color is pink. As the compound is heated, the three noncoordinated water molecules are released, and the Fe2+ sites now undergo a transition from low-spin (LS, S = 0) to high-spin (WS, S = 2) states. This transformation, denoted as 1 . 3H(2)O (LS) --> 1 (H S), is irreversible in a normal atmosphere and is accompanied by a cha nge of color between pink and white. Depending on the rate of increasi ng temperature, it is possible to observe compound 1 in the metastable LS state. The thermal transformation from this metastable state to th e stable HS state is then extremely abrupt, occurring within ca. 1 K. Compound 1 has been found to exhibit; a spin transition in the low-tem perature range, with T-1/2 around 100 K. This transition is cooperativ e around T-1/2, With a thermal hysteresis of about 10 K, but already b egins immediately below room temperature. At 4 K, about 15% of the Fe2 + sites have been found to remain in the HS state. The pressure depend ence of the LS double left right arrow IIS transition for 1 has been i nvestigated. A pronounced effect has been observed; the transition tem perature is shifted from 100 to 270 K as the pressure varies from 1 ba r up to 8.9 kbar.