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Title: Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of Spin States of Iron(IV) Nitrido and Imido Complexes

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry

High-oxidation state metal complexes with multiply bonded ligands are of great interest for both their reactivity as well as their fundamental bonding properties. This paper reports a combined spectroscopic and theoretical investigation into the effect of the apical multiply bonded ligand on the spin state preferences of three-fold symmetric iron(IV) complexes with tris(carbene) donor ligands. Specifically, singlet (S = 0) nitrido [{PhB(ImR)3}FeN], R = tBu (1), Mes (mesityl, 2) and the related triplet (S = 1) imido complexes, [{PhB(ImR)3}Fe(NR')]+, R = Mes, R' = Ad (1- adamantyl, 3), tBu (4), have been investigated by electronic absorption and Mössbauer effect spectroscopies. For comparison, two other Fe(IV) nitrido complexes, [(TIMENAr)FeN]+, (TIMENAr = tris[2-(3-aryl-imidazol-2-ylidene)ethyl]amine; Ar = Xyl (xylyl), Mes), have been investigated by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, including applied-field measurements. The paramagnetic imido complexes 3 and 4 were also studied by magnetic susceptibility measurements (for 3) and paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy: high-frequency and -field electron paramagnetic resonance (HFEPR) (for 3 and 4) and frequency-domain Fouriertransform (FD-FT) THz EPR (for 3), which reveal their zero-field splitting (zfs) parameters. Experimentally correlated theoretical studies comprising ligand-field theory (LFT) and quantum chemical theory (QCT), the latter including both density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio methods reveal the key role played by the Fe3dz2 (a1) orbital in these systems: the nature of its interaction with the nitrido or imido ligand dictates the spin state preference of the complex. Lastly, the ability to tune the spin state through the energy and nature of a single orbital has general relevance to the factors controlling spin states in complexes with applicability as single molecule devices.

Research Organization:
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-08ER15996; CHE04-43580; DMR-1351959; DMR 1157490; NE 2064/1-1 FOR
OSTI ID:
1348217
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 56, Issue 8; ISSN 0020-1669
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 34 works
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