Square Planar vs Tetrahedral Geometry in Four Coordinate Iron(II) Complexes
- 29 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Inorganic Chemistry
- Vol. 44 (9) , 3103-3111
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ic048202+
Abstract
The geometric preferences of a family of four coordinate, iron(II) d6 complexes of the general form L2FeX2 have been systematically evaluated. Treatment of Fe2(Mes)4 (Mes = 2,4,6-Me3C6H2) with monodentate phosphine and phosphite ligands furnished square planar trans-P2Fe(Mes)2 derivatives. Identification of the geometry has been accomplished by a combination of solution and solid-state magnetometry and, in two cases (P = PMe3, PEt2Ph), X-ray diffraction. In contrast, both tetrahedral and square planar coordination has been observed upon complexation of chelating phosphine ligands. A combination of crystallographic and magnetic susceptibility data for (depe)Fe(Mes)2 (depe = 1,2-bis(diethylphosphino)ethane) established a tetrahedral molecular geometry whereas SQUID magnetometry and Mössbauer spectroscopy on samples of (dppe)Fe(Mes)2 (dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane) indicated a planar molecule. When dissolved in chlorinated solvents, the latter compound promotes chlorine atom abstraction, forming tetrahedral (dppe)Fe(Mes)Cl and (dppe)FeCl2. Ligand substitution reactions have been studied for both structural types and are rapid on the NMR time scale at ambient temperature.Keywords
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