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Mary K. Ellison1, Habib Nasri, Y.-M. Xia
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée/SCIB, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (URA CNRS 1194), CEA-Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble, France, and Departments of Physics, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois 61401, and University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
Abstract:
The complex anion bis(azido)(tetraphenylporphinato)ferrate(III) has been synthesized and characterized by variable-temperature X-ray structure determinations, powder and single-crystal EPR, IR, and Mössbauer spectroscopy, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The synthesis utilizes 18-crown-6 to solubilize sodium azide in the synthetic procedure. All physical data for [Na(18C6)(H(2)O)(2)][Fe(TPP)(N(3))(2)].2C(6)H(5)Cl are consistent with a thermal spin-equilibrium system: low spin (S = (1)/(2)) right harpoon over left harpoon high spin (S = (5)/(2)). Structure determinations at 130 and 293 K show equatorial and axial Fe-N bond elongation at 293 K. Fe-N(p) = 1.9991(11) Å, Fe-N(az) = 1.9734(14) Å at 130 K, and Fe-N(p) = 2.010(4) Å, Fe-N(az) = 1.998(2) Å at 293 K. The EPR g values for a powder sample at 4.2 K are 1.81, 2.18, and 2.70. A fit of the powder EPR spectrum at 4.2 K with a crystal field model that allows quartet and sextet admixtures suggests that the first sextet state is approximately 655 cm(-)(1) above the ground doublet. Single-crystal EPR data indicate that the largest g value occurs at an angle of 56 degrees from the porphyrin normal and at 35 and 81 degrees from the Fe-N(p) vectors. The asymmetric azide IR absorption bands at 2014 and 2036 cm(-)(1) can be assigned to low- and high-spin species, respectively, and display temperature-dependent intensities. The Mössbauer experiments reveal a gradual decrease in the quadrupole splitting as the temperature increases from 140 to 300 K. The magnetic susceptibility measurements show a gradual increase of &mgr;(eff) with temperature. Crystal data for [Na(18C6)(H(2)O)(2)][Fe(TPP)(N(3))(2)].2C(6)H(5)Cl (130 K): a = 11.417(2) Å, b = 12.371(4) Å, c = 12.628(2) Å, alpha = 64.30(2) degrees, beta = 77.18(3) degrees, gamma = 77.67(2) degrees, triclinic, space group P&onemacr;, Z = 1. Crystal data (293 K): a = 11.7652(12) Å, b = 12.6488(6) Å, c = 12.8608(13) Å, alpha = 62.02(2) degrees, beta = 75.996(7) degrees, gamma = 75.465(9) degrees.
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