Spin Crossover Phenomenon Accompanying Order−Disorder Phase Transition in the Ligand of [FeII(DAPP)(abpt)](ClO4)2 Compound (DAPP = Bis(3-aminopropyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine, abpt = 4-Amino-3,5-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole) and Its Successive Self-Grinding Effect†

The spin crossover phenomenon of the recently described spin crossover complex [FeII(DAPP)(abpt)](ClO4)2 [DAPP = bis(3-aminopropyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine, abpt = 4-amino-3,5-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole] accompanying an order−disorder phase transition of the ligand was investigated by adiabatic heat capacity calorimetry, far-IR, IR, and Raman spectroscopies, and normal vibrational mode calculation. A large heat capacity peak due to the spin crossover transition was observed at Ttrs = 185.61 K. The transition enthalpy and entropy amounted to ΔtrsH = 15.44 kJ mol-1 and ΔtrsS = 83.74 J K-1 mol-1, respectively. The transition entropy is larger than the expected value 60.66 J K-1 mol-1, which is contributed from the spin multiplicity (R ln 5; R:  the gas constant), disordering of the carbon atom of the six-membered metallocycle in the DAPP ligand, and one of the two perchlorate anions (2R ln 2), and change of the normal vibrational modes between the high-spin (HS) and low-spin (LS) states (35.75 J K-1 mol-...