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Christian Holzhacker1, Maria José Calhorda, Adrià Gil
1Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060 Vienna, Austria. kkirch@mail.tuwien.ac.at.
Abstract:
Several new octahedral iron(ii) complexes of the type [Fe(PN(R)-Ph)2X2] (X = Cl, Br; R = H, Me) containing bidentate PN(R)-Ph (R = H, Me) (1a,b) ligands based on 2-aminopyridine were prepared. (57)Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetization studies confirmed in all cases their high spin nature at room temperature with magnetic moments very close to 4.9μB reflecting the expected four unpaired d-electrons in all these compounds. While in the case of the PN(H)-Ph ligand an S = 2 to S = 0 spin crossover was observed at low temperatures, complexes with the N-methylated analog PN(Me)-Ph retain an S = 2 spin state also at low temperatures. Thus, [Fe(PN(H)-Ph)2X2] (2a,3a) and [Fe(PN(Me)-Ph)2X2] (2b,3b) adopt different geometries. In the first case a cis-Cl,P,N-arrangement seems to be most likely, as supported by various experimental data derived from (57)Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, SQUID magnetometry, UV/Vis, Raman, and ESI-MS as well as DFT and TDDFT calculations, while in the case of the PN(Me)-Ph ligand a trans-Cl,P,N-configuration is adopted. The latter is also confirmed by X-ray crystallography. In contrast to [Fe(PN(Me)-Ph)2X2] (2b,3b), [Fe(PN(H)-Ph)2X2] (2a,3a) is labile and undergoes rearrangement reactions. In CH3OH, the diamagnetic dicationic complex [Fe(PN(H)-Ph)3](2+) (5) is formed via the intermediacy of cis-P,N-[Fe(κ(2)-P,N-PN(H)-Ph)2(κ(1)-P-PN(H)-Ph)(X)](+) (4a,b) where one PN ligand is coordinated in a κ(1)-P-fashion. In CH3CN the diamagnetic dicationic complex cis-N,P,N-[Fe(PN(H)-Ph)2(CH3CN)2](2+) (6) is formed as a major isomer where the two halide ligands are replaced by CH3CN.
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