Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of thermal decomposition of substituted pentacyanoferrate(II) complexes

The thermal behaviour of substituted pentacyanoferrates(II) of the type Na₃[Fe(CN₅)L]·xH₂O, whereL=n-, sec-, tert- oriso-butylamine,di-iso-butylamine ortri-n-butylamine, was investigated with the aid of Mössbauer spectroscopy, XRD and TG-DTG-DTA. The Mössbauer spectra of these complexes exhibit a quadrupole doublet with E _Q=0.70–0.83 mm s^–1 at room temperature. The isomer shift, =0.00±0.03 mm s^–1 suggests that the iron atom is in the +2 low-spin state. The complexes start to decompose at 50°C, yielding a residual mass of 5.8 –21.3% in the temperature range 900–950°C. The Mössbauer spectra recorded after heating at 150 and 300°C exhibit an asymmetric doublet, suggesting partial decomposition. The Mössbauer spectra at higher temperature are complex. At different stages of the thermal process, the presence of -Fe₂O₃, -Fe₂O₃, -Fe, Fe₃C and Fe₃O₄ was demonstrated.On leave from A. N. College, Anandwan-442 914, IndiaWe are grateful to the Monbusho (Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture) for the award of a fellowship to RBL and for financial assistance for the research work. Thanks are also due to Dr. T. Nakamoto for valuable cooperation.     

Mössbauer spectra of bidentate and monodentate carbonyl-substituted pyridine complexes of iron(II) dichlorides

A number of complexes of iron(II) dichlorides with 2-, 3- and 4-position carbonyl-substituted pyridines, i.e. Fe(RCO-py)₂Cl₂ (R = CH₃, C₆H₅, H, OH and NH₂) have been prepared and characterized by means of Mössbauer, IR spectroscopy and magnetic measurements. These complexes have distorted octahedral structures. The quadrupole splittings (ΔE_O) for the 2-position substituted complexes are much larger than those of 3-, or 4-position substituted complexes, since the 2- and 3-, 4-derivatives do not coordinate in the same way. The 2-substituted complexes are bidentate and the 3- and 4-substituted complexes are monodentate. The ground state 3d orbital of the iron in the complexes was identified and the energy separation of the levels estimated. The effect on the isomer shift of substituent group(R) in the 2-position substituted complexes is discussed.     

Structural, EPR, and Mössbauer characterization of (μ-alkoxo)(μ-carboxylato)diiron(II,III) model complexes for the active sites of mixed-valent diiron enzymes

To obtain structural and spectroscopic models for the diiron(II,III) centers in the active sites of diiron enzymes, the (μ-alkoxo)(μ-carboxylato)diiron(II,III) complexes [Fe(II)Fe(III)(N-Et-HPTB)(O(2)CPh)(NCCH(3))(2)](ClO(4))(3) (1) and [Fe(II)Fe(III)(N-Et-HPTB)(O(2)CPh)(Cl)(HOCH(3))](ClO(4))(2) (2) (N-Et-HPTB = N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-(1-ethyl-benzimidazolylmethyl))-2-hydroxy-1,3-diaminopropane) have been prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography, UV-visible absorption, EPR, and M?ssbauer spectroscopies. Fe1-Fe2 separations are 3.60 and 3.63 ?, and Fe1-O1-Fe2 bond angles are 128.0° and 129.4° for 1 and 2, respectively. M?ssbauer and EPR studies of 1 show that the Fe(III) (S(A) = 5/2) and Fe(II) (S(B) = 2) sites are antiferromagnetically coupled to yield a ground state with S = 1/2 (g= 1.75, 1.88, 1.96); M?ssbauer analysis of solid 1 yields J = 22.5 ± 2 cm(-1) for the exchange coupling constant (H = JS(A)·S(B) convention). In addition to the S = 1/2 ground-state spectrum of 1, the EPR signal for the S = 3/2 excited state of the spin ladder can also be observed, the first time such a signal has been detected for an antiferromagnetically coupled diiron(II,III) complex. The anisotropy of the (57)Fe magnetic hyperfine interactions at the Fe(III) site is larger than normally observed in mononuclear complexes and arises from admixing S > 1/2 excited states into the S = 1/2 ground state by zero-field splittings at the two Fe sites. Analysis of the "D/J" mixing has allowed us to extract the zero-field splitting parameters, local g values, and magnetic hyperfine structural parameters for the individual Fe sites. The methodology developed and followed in this analysis is presented in detail. The spin Hamiltonian parameters of 1 are related to the molecular structure with the help of DFT calculations. Contrary to what was assumed in previous studies, our analysis demonstrates that the deviations of the g values from the free electron value (g = 2) for the antiferromagnetically coupled diiron(II,III) core in complex 1 are predominantly determined by the anisotropy of the effective g values of the ferrous ion and only to a lesser extent by the admixture of excited states into ground-state ZFS terms (D/J mixing). The results for 1 are discussed in the context of the data available for diiron(II,III) clusters in proteins and synthetic diiron(II,III) complexes.     

Tin-119 Mössbauer spectral studies in organotin(IV) and tin(II) substituted oxinates

Organotin(IV) compounds of the type, R₂SnL₂ (R = CH₃, C₂H₅, C₄H₉, C₈H₁₇ or C₆H₅ and HL = 2-methyl-8-quinolinol), R₃SnL and R₂SnXL (R = C₆H₅ and X = Cl), SnL′₂ (HL′ = 2- or 5,7-substituted-8-quinolinol) and SnXL (X = Cl) have been synthesized and characterised. The ^119mSn Mössbauer spectra of these along with several other alkyl or aryl tin(IV) substituted oxinates have been recorded at 77°K and from the Mössbauer parameters the probable structures of these compounds are inferred. Bis(5,7-dinitro-8-quinolinolato)dialkyltin(IV) compounds (Q.S. = ∼4.3 mm/sec) are considered to have the two R-groups occupying trans-positions in the octahedral structure. The somewhat large and significantly varying quadrupole splittings observed in the three series of compounds, R₂SnL′₂ studied, may be associated with donor-acceptor interactions.     

Mössbauer and electronic spectral studies of iron(III) complexes of oximes

The hydroxo-bridge complexes of the type [Fe(2)(ligand-H)(4)(OH)(2)] with bidentate nitrogen-oxygen donor ligands, viz. 2-hydroxynaphthaldehydeoxime [hnoH(2)], 2-hydroxyacetphenoneoxime [haoH(2)], salicylaldooxime [SalH(2)], 2-hydroxypropiophenoneoxime [hnoH(2)] have been prepared. All the complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic moments, electronic and M?ssbauer spectral studies. M?ssbauer parameters of the complexes clearly suggest high spin configuration of Fe(III) showing lower magnetic moment to that of the spin only value, i.e. 5.92 BM. It may be due to the antiferromagnetic interaction between Fe(III) centers.     

Mössbauer study of novel iron(II) complexes with oximes in low spin and high spin states

New iron(II) dioximato complexes [Fe(DioxH)₂L₂] (DioxH: methyl-ethyl-glyoxime, dimethyl-glyoxime, and benzyl-methyl-glyoxime) without and with axially coordinated ligands L (L: 4-dimethyl-amino-pyridine; 3-OH-aniline; 2-imidazolidone; 4-nitrobenzyl-pyridine; 2-amino-pyridine) have been synthesized by reaction of the components dissolved in ethanol at room temperature in inert atmosphere, and were studied by ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. Characteristic isomer shift and quadrupole splitting values of the individual new compounds were determined. It was suggested that iron is in the iron(II) low spin state in all compounds having axially coordinated ligands; however, the high spin iron(II) state is characteristic when no axial ligands are bound to the iron center. Low spin state complexes could be categorized into two groups on the basis of isomer shifts. The difference in the isomer shift was explained on the basis of the type of ligating nitrogens.     

Copper(II), nickel(II), cobalt(II) and oxovanadium(IV) complexes of substituted β-hydroxyiminoanilides

Complexes of the general formula, ML₂ [M = Cu^II, Ni^II, Co^II and OV^IV; L = 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-3-hydroxyimino-N-(4-X-phenyl)-l-phenyl-5-(phenylmethylene)-2-naphthalenecarboxamide (X = H, Me, OMe, Cl)] have been prepared and characterized on the basis of elemental analysis, magnetic moments and i.r., e.p.r. and electronic spectra. These metal complexes contain the N₄ chromophore with the ligand coordinating through nitrogens of the azomethine and deprotonated anilide functions. C.v. measurements indicate that the copper(II) complexes are quasi-reversible in acetonitrile solution. Square planar and square pyramidal structures are assigned respectively to the copper(II) and oxovanadium(IV) complexes, whereas tetrahedral geometry is assigned to the nickel(II) and cobalt(II) complexes. Deprotonated anilide nitrogen is involved in coordination and the presence of an electron-donating group para to the anilide function decreases the ΔE values of the d–d transitions while the value is found to increase when electron-withdrawing groups are substituted. Line spacing in the e.p.r. spectra of the copper(II) and oxovanadium(IV) complexes increases when methyl group is para to the anilide group, and decreases when this group is replaced by methoxy or chloro. The ν(C–N) of the anilide group and the ν(C-N) of the azomethine function of the oxime metal complexes are metal-sensitive and the blue shift for the above stretching frequencies follows the order: copper(II) > oxovanadium(IV) > nickel(II) ≈ cobalt(II). This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Mössbauer and electronic spectral characterization of homo-bimetallic Fe(III) complexes of unsymmetrical [N10] and [N12] macrocyclic ligands

The homo-bimetallic complexes of stoichiometry Fe2(L)ClO4(ClO4)2 where L are novel unsymmetrical [N10] (L1.2HClO4) and [N12] (L2.2HClO4) macrocyclic ligands, have been prepared. The ligands were obtained from an in situ capping reaction of the reactive substrate, N,N'-bis(N-ethylaniline)hydrazine-1,2-diimine with a mixture of aniline or 1,3-diaminopropane and HCHO in presence of HClO4. The compounds have been characterized by elemental analyses, conductometric, IR, FAB-mass and electronic spectral studies. IR data of complexes suggest coordination from unsymmetrical aza sites as a tridentate (N,N,N) or tetradentate (N,N,N,N) ligand. mu(eff) values of the complexes suggest presence of antiferromagnetically coupled (Fe3+-Fe3+=S5/2-S5/2) spin exchange. M?ssbauer parameters of the complexes support (+/-3/2)-->(+/-1/2) nuclear transition in high-spin configurations of Fe(III) nuclei of the homo-bimetallic complexes with the presence of Kramer's double degeneracy.     

Coprecipitation of iron and platinum(IV) hydroxo complexes as probed by Mössbauer spectroscopy

Stabilization of ⁵⁷Fe compounds in matrices of solid solutions of platinum(IV) superoxo- and hydroxo complexes was probed by Mössbauer spectroscopy. The ratio Fe^III/Fe^IV in these matrices is 20/1.     

Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Spinels

Soon after the discovery of the Mössbauer effect, studies were performed on spinels containing various transition metal ions (mostly Fe²⁺). This method proved very useful for investigating the local symmetry at transition metal ions. In spite of the numerous results, the correct interpretation of the complex quadrupole split spectra is still not given for numerous spinel structures. Since spectra of different shapes were measured for FeAl₂O₄ and FeCr₂O₄ by different authors, we performed new measurements on these spinels. The results on FeAl₂O₄ showed that the statistical distribution of another kind of ions in the positions A may influence the electric field gradient at the Fe²⁺ ions in the tetrahedral interstices. In FeCr₂O₄ and in the mixed Fe_0.5Mg_0.5Cr₂O₄, the electric field gradient exists at the Fe²⁺ ions at room temperature indicating that the degeneracy of the orbital doublet of the Fe²⁺ is removed.     

Mössbauer study of sodium ferrates(IV) and (VI)

Sodium ferrates(IV) and (VI) were synthesized by the reaction between Fe₂O₃ and Na₂O₂ in a dry oxygen stream. The Mössbauer data for the obtained samples are presented (for Na₂FeO₃–=0.18(2) mm/s; for Na₄FeO₅–=–0.54(2) mm/s). It was shown that pure K₂FeO₄ and Cs₂FeO₄ can be obtained by heating Fe₂O₃ with apropriate alkali metal peroxides.     

119Sn Mössbauer spectral studies in Sn(IV) and organotin(IV) substituted oxinates

Several Sn(IV) and organotin(IV) compounds of the type SnL₂X₂(X = Cl and HL = 5-acetyl-, benzol-, or phenylazo-, 8-quinolinol), SnX₄ · 2HL′(X = Cl or Br and HL′=8-quinolinol-N-Oxide), R₂SnL₂(R = CH₃, C₂H₅, C₄H₉, C₈H₁₇ or C₆H₅) and R₃SnL(R = C₆H₅) have been synthesized and characterized. The ^119mSn Mössbauer spectra of these compounds have been recorded at 77°K and probable structures from the Mössbauer parameters are inferred. R₂SnL₂ chelates (Q.S = ca. 2.0 mm/sec.) are considered to have the two R-groups occupying cis-positions in the octahedral structure. The Mössbauer spectra of the compounds, SnX₄·2HL′ have been resolved graphically and the quadrupole splitting values (ca. 0.75 mm/sec.) strongly suggest trans-configuration for the Sn(IV) tetrahalide adducts.     

Ruthenium(II)/(III) and oxovanadium(IV) complexes of highly conjugated β-diketones and their macrocyclic Schiff base binuclear copper(II) complexes

Ruthenium(II) complexes of the general formula [Ru(PPh3)2(L)(L)]ClO4 [L=2,2-bipyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline;L=2-hydroxy--4-X-phenylcinnamoylacetophenone] have been prepared by reacting L and L with Ru(PPh3)3Cl2 in CH2Cl2. The complexes are diamagnetic and absorb intensely in the visible region, owing to the MLCT transition. Hexacoordinated ruthenium(III) complexes, [RuCl2(PPh3)2(L)], have also been prepared by reacting Ru(PPh3)3Cl3 with -diketones. Solutions of ruthenium(III) complexes show rhombic e.s.r. spectra at 77 K, and distortion from the octahedral symmetry has been identified from the line spacings. The conjugation in diketones favours reversibility in RuII/III and RuIII/IV and stabilize ruthenium in different oxidation states owing to d–* interaction. Oxovanadyl(IV) complexes of the -diketones with a metal-to-ligand ratio of 1:2 and square pyramidal geometry were also prepared. The e.s.r spectra of these complexes show the presence of an unpaired electron in the dxy orbital and the hyperfine splitting constants are sensitive to solvent change. ¶ A new class of highly conjugated Schiff bases obtained from the above diketones and 2-aminothiophenol behave as dibasic, tridentate ligands in their copper(II) complexes. The subnormal magnetic moments and hyperfine splittings of these complexes are ascribed to an antiferromagnetic exchange interaction arising from dimerization. Cyclic voltammograms show that the electron transfer occurs in two steps corresponding to CuII–CuI and CuI–CuI redox states.     

Crystal structures and Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of oxo-centered trinuclear chloroacetate complexes

The crystal structures of oxo-centered trineclear cobalt-iron chloroacetate complex [Co^IIFe ₂ ^III O(CH₂ClCO₂)₆(H₂O)₃]·3H₂O (1) was compared with that of previously reported trinuclear iron complex [Fe^IIFe ₂ ^III O(CH₂ClCO₂)₆(H₂O)₃]·3H₂O (2) which has an isomorphous structure to 1. Compound 1 crystallizes in space group P2₁/n with Z=4 in a unit cell of a=14.826 (4) Å, b=4.536 (8) Å, c=14.000 (4) Å, =100.32 (2)⁰ and V=2968 (11) ų. The structure was refined to R=0.75 and R_w=0.82. The coordination geometries of the three iron atoms are observed equivalent in 1 indicating a static disorder of the position among cobalt and iron atoms. Two distinct Fe^III doublets observed in Mössbauer spectra of 1 become an indistinguishable broad doublet by dehydration of crystal water. On the other hand, no significant line-broadening is observed after the dehydration in complex 2. The results indicate that the dehydration in 2 induces a local environmental change reordering of an electronic configuration around iron atoms, whereas the remaining disordering is reflected in Mössbauer spectrum after the dehydration in 1.     

A structural, magnetic and Mössbauer spectroscopic study of an unusual angular Jahn-Teller distortion in a series of high-spin iron(II) complexes

Single crystal X-ray structures and susceptibility data are described for six homoleptic iron(II) complex salts, of 2,6-di(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine or a 3,3"-disubstituted derivative of it. Zero field Mossbauer spectroscopic data for four of the complexes, and one previously reported analogue, are also discussed. Four of these compounds exhibit an unusual angular Jahn-Teller distortion towards C(2) symmetry to differing degrees, while the other two exhibit structures close to the "ideal" D(2d) symmetry for this ligand set. This structural distortion has two components: a twisting of the plane of one ligand relative to the other about the N{pyridine}-Fe-N{pyridine} vector, so that the two ligands are no longer perpendicular; and a rotation of one ligand about the Fe ion, so that the N{pyridine}-Fe-N{pyridine} angle < 180 degrees. Susceptibility data show that all the complexes are fully high-spin between 5 and 300 K, but yield an unusually wide range of zero-field splitting parameters for the different compounds of between 2.6 and 13.4 cm(-1). Magnetostructural correlations suggest that a low value of |D| is diagnostic for a high degree of "rotation" distortion. The Mossbauer spectra imply that an increased quadrupole splitting might also be diagnostic for the presence of the angular distortion.     

Cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes of N(4′) substituted 3- and 4-acetylpyridine thiosemicarbazones

Co^II and Ni^II complexes of N(4)-methyl and N(4)-ethyl thiosemicarbazones derived from 3- and 4-acetylpyridine have been prepared and characterized by microanalyses, magnetic susceptibility and molar conductivity measurements and by their electronic, i.r. and n.m.r. (in the case of Ni^II complexes) spectra.     

Structural applications of the 119Sn Mössbauer quadrupole splitting of tin tetrahalide complexes

A correlation is reported between the Mössbauer quadrupole splitting and the values for νSnCl (from vibrational spectra) for cis-octahedral tin tetrachloride complexes. It is shown that resolved doublets in the Mössbauer spectra of some octahedral tin (IV) halide adducts are consistent with a cis configuration, so that structural assignments based on the resolvable or unresolvable nature of the Mössbauer quadrupole splitting must be taken with considerable caution.