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Complexes of structural analogues of terpyridyl with iron and zinc; the x-ray crystal structure of bis[2,6-bis(benzimidazol2-yl)pyridine]iron(II) trifluoromethylsulphonate bis-ethanol solvate
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Complexes of structural analogues of terpyridyl with iron and zinc; the x-ray crystal structure of bis[2,6-bis(benzimidazol2-yl)pyridine]iron(II) trifluoromethylsulphonate bis-ethanol solvate

Stephane Rüttimann, Catherine M. Moreau, Alan F. Williams, Gerald Bernardinelli and Anthony W. Addison
Polyhedron, v 11(6), pp 635-646
1992

Abstract

Complexes of iron(II) and zinc(II) with a series of tridentate ligands of the type [2,6-bis(benz-X-azol-2-yl)pyridine] (X = imid, thi, ox) have been prepared. The crystal structure of [Fe(2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine) 2](CF 3SO 3) 2·2C 2H 5OH shows the iron(II) to be low spin with a meridional octahedral coordination by two tridentate ligands. 57Fe Mössbauer spectra of the complexes [FeL 2] 2+ show strong dependence of ligand strength on the non-coordinated heteroatom, X, of the ligand: benzimidazole ligands give low spin complexes, benzoxazoles give high spin complexes and benzthiazoles show spin-crossover properties. Derivatization of the imidazole nitrogen has only a small effect on the ligand strength. The complexes [FeLX 2] (X = anion) are all high spin. Partial dissociation is observed in solvents with a strong affinity for iron(II); the iron(II) complexes show metal-to-ligand charge transfer transitions whose intensity depends strongly on the spin state of the iron.

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