Room-temperature spin crossover and Langmuir-Blodgett film formation of an iron(II) triazole complex featuring a long alkyl chain substituent: the tail that wags the dog

[Fe-II(C(16)dpt)(2)(NCS)(2)]center dot 2/3H(2)O displays temperature-mediated spin crossover (SCO) with T-1/2 = 290 K and the long alkyl chain substituent on the dipyridyltriazole ligand facilitates the formation of a stable Langmuir-Blodgett film at an air-water interface.