TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermally induced two-step, two-site incomplete 6A1 ↔ 2T2 crossover in a mononuclear iron(III) phenolate-pyridyl Schiff-base complex
T2 - A rare crystallographic observation of the coexistence of pure S = 5/2 and 1/2 metal centers in the asymmetric unit
AU - Shongwe, Musa S.
AU - Al-Rashdi, Badria A.
AU - Adams, Harry
AU - Morris, Michael J.
AU - Mikuriya, Masahiro
AU - Hearne, Giovanni R.
PY - 2007/11/12
Y1 - 2007/11/12
N2 - The six-coordinate mononuclear iron(III) complexes [Fe(salpm) 2]ClO4·0.5EtOH, [Fe(salpm)2]Cl, [Fe{(3,5-tBu2)-salpm}2]X (X = ClO 4- or Cl-), and [Fe{(3,5-tBu 2)-salpm}2]NO3·2H2O [Hsalpm = N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-salicylideneamine; H(3,5-tBu 2)-salpm = N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylideneamine] have been synthesized and isolated in crystalline form; their chemical identities have been ascertained by elemental analyses, FAB mass spectrometry, and infrared spectroscopy. The room-temperature effective magnetic moments [(8χMT)1/2 ∼ 5.85-5.90 μB] of these complexes are consistent with the high-spin (S = 5/2) ground state. These complexes are intensely colored on account of the strong pπ → dπ* LMCT visible absorptions. Definitive evidence for the structures of [Fe(salpm)2]ClO4·0.5EtOH and [Fe{(3,5-tBu2)-salpm}2]NO3· 2H2O has been provided by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The monomeric complex cations in both compounds comprise two uninegative phenolate-pyridyl tridentate Schiff-base ligands coordinated meridionally to the iron(III) to afford a distorted octahedral geometry with a trans,cis,cis- [FeO2N4] core. Whereas [Fe(salpm)2]ClO 4·0.5EtOH undergoes a thermally induced 6A 1 ↔ 2T2 crossover, [Fe{(3,5- tBu2)-salpm}2]NO3·2H 2O retains its spin state in the solid state down to 5 K. However, EPR spectroscopy reveals that the latter complex does exhibit a spin transformation in solution, albeit to a much lesser extent than does the former. The spin crossover in [Fe(salpm)2]ClO4·0.5EtOH has resulted in an unprecedented crystallographic observation of the coexistence of high-spin and tow-spin iron(III) complex cations in equal proportions around 100 K. At room temperature, the two crystallographically distinct ferric centers are both high spin; however, one [Fe(salpm)2]+ complex cation undergoes a complete spin transition over the temperature range ∼200-100 K, whereas the other converts very nearly completely between 100 and 65 K; ∼10% of the complex cations in [Fe(salpm)2]ClO 4·0.5EtOH remain in the high-spin state down to 5 K.
AB - The six-coordinate mononuclear iron(III) complexes [Fe(salpm) 2]ClO4·0.5EtOH, [Fe(salpm)2]Cl, [Fe{(3,5-tBu2)-salpm}2]X (X = ClO 4- or Cl-), and [Fe{(3,5-tBu 2)-salpm}2]NO3·2H2O [Hsalpm = N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-salicylideneamine; H(3,5-tBu 2)-salpm = N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylideneamine] have been synthesized and isolated in crystalline form; their chemical identities have been ascertained by elemental analyses, FAB mass spectrometry, and infrared spectroscopy. The room-temperature effective magnetic moments [(8χMT)1/2 ∼ 5.85-5.90 μB] of these complexes are consistent with the high-spin (S = 5/2) ground state. These complexes are intensely colored on account of the strong pπ → dπ* LMCT visible absorptions. Definitive evidence for the structures of [Fe(salpm)2]ClO4·0.5EtOH and [Fe{(3,5-tBu2)-salpm}2]NO3· 2H2O has been provided by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The monomeric complex cations in both compounds comprise two uninegative phenolate-pyridyl tridentate Schiff-base ligands coordinated meridionally to the iron(III) to afford a distorted octahedral geometry with a trans,cis,cis- [FeO2N4] core. Whereas [Fe(salpm)2]ClO 4·0.5EtOH undergoes a thermally induced 6A 1 ↔ 2T2 crossover, [Fe{(3,5- tBu2)-salpm}2]NO3·2H 2O retains its spin state in the solid state down to 5 K. However, EPR spectroscopy reveals that the latter complex does exhibit a spin transformation in solution, albeit to a much lesser extent than does the former. The spin crossover in [Fe(salpm)2]ClO4·0.5EtOH has resulted in an unprecedented crystallographic observation of the coexistence of high-spin and tow-spin iron(III) complex cations in equal proportions around 100 K. At room temperature, the two crystallographically distinct ferric centers are both high spin; however, one [Fe(salpm)2]+ complex cation undergoes a complete spin transition over the temperature range ∼200-100 K, whereas the other converts very nearly completely between 100 and 65 K; ∼10% of the complex cations in [Fe(salpm)2]ClO 4·0.5EtOH remain in the high-spin state down to 5 K.
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U2 - 10.1021/ic700397u
DO - 10.1021/ic700397u
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:36348956071
SN - 0020-1669
VL - 46
SP - 9558
EP - 9568
JO - Inorganic Chemistry
JF - Inorganic Chemistry
IS - 23
ER -