Synthesis and Characterization of Iron(III) Complexes of a New Ligand Containing a Potentially Bridging Carboxylate; Structural Characterization of Helical Tetranuclear Iron Complex

Summary, in English

Reaction of the new polydentate ligand 2,6-bis{3-[N,N-di(2-pyridylmethyl)amino]propoxy}benzoic acid (LH) with Fe(ClO4)3 followed by addition of chloroacetic acid leads to the formation of the tetranuclear complex [{Fe2OL(ClCH2- CO2)2}2](ClO4)4, the crystal structure of which reveals that it consists of two FeII2(µ-O)(µ-RCO2)2 cores that are linked via the two L ligands in a helical structure, with the carboxylate moieties of the two ligands forming a hydrogen-bonded pair at the center of the helix.

• Author: Vladimir M Trukhan; Cortlandt G Pierpont; Ebbe Nordlander; Albert A Shteinman
• Department/s: Department of Chemistry
• Publishing year: 1999
• Language: English
• Pages: 1193-1194
• Publication/Series: Chemical Communications
• Issue: 13
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/a809888c
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Topic: Chemical Sciences
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1364-548X