Spin Crossover and Valence Tautomerism in Neutral Homoleptic Iron Complexes of Bis(pyridylimino)isoindolines |
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Authors: | Dr Anne Scheja Dr Dirk Baabe Dr Dirk Menzel Clemens Pietzonka Peter Schweyen Prof?Dr Martin Bröring |
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Institution: | 1. Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, TU Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig (Germany) http://www.tu‐braunschweig.de/iaac/personal/broering;2. Institut für Physik der Kondensierten Materie, TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstra?e 2‐3, 38106 Braunschweig (Germany);3. Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps‐Universit?t Marburg, Hans‐Meerweinstra?e, 35032 Marburg (Germany) |
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Abstract: | Homoleptic iron complexes of six bis(pyridylimino)isoindoline (bpi) ligands with different substituents (H, Me, Et, tBu, OMe, NMe2) at the 4‐positions of the pyridine moieties have been prepared and studied with regard to temperature‐dependent spin and redox states by a combination of 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, SQUID magnetometry, single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis, X‐band EPR, and 1H NMR spectroscopy. While the H‐, methyl‐, and ethyl‐substituted complexes remain in a pure high‐spin state irrespective of the temperature, the 4‐tert‐butyl‐substituted derivative shows spin‐crossover behavior. The methoxy‐ and dimethylamino‐substituted compounds were found to easily undergo oxidation. In the crystalline state, valence tautomeric behavior was observed for the methoxy derivative as a thermally activated charge‐transfer transition, accompanied by a spin crossover above 200 K. The valence tautomerism leads to a chelate with one of the bpi ligands as a dianion radical L2?. and with an effective spin of S=2. |
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Keywords: | bis(pyridylimino)isoindoline iron N ligands spin crossover valence tautomerism |
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