The met
al-org
anic molecule bis(4-cy
ano-2,2,6,6-tetr
amethyl-3,5-he
pt
anedion
ato)co
pper(II) (Cu(CNd
pm)
2) (C
24H
36N
2O
4Cu, Cu(II)) is
a co
pper s
pin-
1/
2 system with
a m
agnetic moment of 1.05 ± 0.04
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B/molecule, slightly sm
aller th
an the 1.215±0.02
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B/molecule for the l
arger size co
pper s
pin-
1/
2 systemC
36H
48N
4O
4Cu·C
4H
8O (bis(4-cy
ano-2,2,6,6-tetr
amethyl-3,5-he
pt
anedion
ato)co
pper(II) 4,4'-bi
pyridylethene-THF). There is gener
ally good
agreement between
photoemission from v
apor-de
posited thin films of theC
24H
36N
2O
4Cu on Cu(111)
and Co(111)
and model c
alcul
ations. Although this molecule is ex
pected toh
ave
a g
ap between the highest occu
pied molecul
ar orbit
al
and the lowest unoccu
pied molecul
ar orbit
al,the molecule rem
ains sur
prisingly well screened in the
photoemission fin
al st
ate.