Pentacoordinated chloro-iron(III) complexes with unsymmetrically substituted N2O2 quadridentate schiff-base ligands Syntheses, structures, magnetic and redox properties

J. Cisterna (1) , V. Artigas (1) , M. Fuentealba (1) , P. Hamon (2) , C. Manzur (1) , J.-R. Hamon (2) , D. Carrillo (1)

1 PUCV - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
2 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

Since their development in the 1930s, Schiff-base complexes have played an important role in the field of coordination chemistry. Here, we report the synthetic, spectral, structural, magnetic and electrochemical studies of two new pentacoordinated neutral chloro-iron(III) complexes (3,5) supported by dianionic [N2O2]2- tetradentate Schiff-base ligands unsymmetrically substituted by either a pair of acceptor (F and NO2) or donor (ferrocenyl and OCH3) groups. The electron-withdrawing Schiff-base proligand 2 and the complexes 3 and 5 were prepared in good yields (79-86%). Complex 3 was readily obtained upon reaction of 2 with anhydrous iron chloride under basic conditions, while the bimetallic derivative 5 was synthesized by condensation of the free amino group of the ferrocenyl-containing O,N,N-tridentate half-unit 4 with 5-methoxysalicylaldehyde in the presence of FeCl3. The three new compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV-Vis, mass spectrometry and in the case of 2 by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structures of 3 and 5 revealed that in the two five-coordinate monomers, the iron atom showed distorted square-pyramidal geometry, with the N and O atoms of the Schiff-base ligand occupying the basal sites and the chlorine atom at the apex of the pyramid. Magnetic measurements showed a high-spin configuration (S = 5/2) for the Fe(III) ion in 3 and 5. Reduction associated with the Fe(III)/Fe(II) redox couple occurred at -0.464 and -0.764 V vs. Ag/Ag+, and oxidation taking place at the Schiff-base ligand was observed at 1.300 and 0.942 V vs. Ag/Ag+ for 3 and 5, respectively. A high-electronic delocalization of the Schiff-base ligand substituted by fluoro and nitro groups stabilizes the Fe(II) oxidation state and shifts the redox potential anodically.

Mots clés: Crystal structure; Five-coordinate complex; Iron; Magnetism; Square-pyramidal geometry; Unsymmetrically substituted tetradentate Schiff base

Domaines: Chimie de coordination

J. Cisterna, V. Artigas, M. Fuentealba, P. Hamon, C. Manzur, et al.. Pentacoordinated chloro-iron(III) complexes with unsymmetrically substituted N2O2 quadridentate schiff-base ligands Syntheses, structures, magnetic and redox properties. Inorganics, 2018, 6 (1), pp.5. ⟨10.3390/inorganics6010005⟩. ⟨hal-01809176⟩