Preparation and structural,spectroscopic, thermal,and electrochemical characterizations of iron(III) compounds containing dipicolinate and 2-aminopyrimidine or acridine

Two new iron(III) compounds, (Hamp)Fe(pydc)₂]?·?2H₂O (1) and (Hacr)Fe(pydc)₂]?·?2H₂O (2) (pydc^2??=?pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, amp?=?2-aminopyrimidine, acr?=?acridine), have been hydrothermally synthesized. Both compounds were characterized by spectroscopic methods (IR, UV/Vis), and their molecular and crystal structures were determined by X-ray crystal structure analysis and their thermal stability by thermogravimetric analysis/differential thermal analysis (TGA/DTA) methods. Compound 1 consists of Hamp⁺ cation and Fe(pydc)₂]^? anion and 2 consists of Hacr⁺ cation and Fe(pydc)₂]^? anion. Crystallographic characterization revealed an octahedron as a coordination polyhedron for the complex anion in 1 and 2 and the same O,N,O′-chelated coordination mode of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate. The crystal structures of 1 and 2 are stabilized by a complicated network of hydrogen bonds between the crystallization water molecules, counter ion, and carboxylates of pydc^2?. Thermogravimetric (TG) analyses of the two compounds were carried out to examine their thermal stabilities. Cyclic voltammetric response of bare glassy carbon electrode surface in 0.10?mol?L^?1 phosphate buffer containing 1 and 2 at different pH values indicated that they have the same voltammograms at all pH values and the electrochemical behavior of 1 and 2 has not been affected by different ion pairs. The formal potential of the solutions of 1 and 2 at the glassy carbon electrode surface was also pH-dependent with a slope of ?57.0?mV/pH unit at 25°C. This shows that the number of electrons and protons involved in the electrode process is equal.