Chiroptical and magnetic properties of star-shaped Fe III4 complexes from chiral Schiff bases. Structural and magnetic correlations based on continuous shape measures†
Abstract
New chiral FeIII4 star-shaped complexes have been synthesized starting from enantiomerically pure Schiff bases and chiroptically and magnetically characterized. The structural and magnetic properties of the complete family of 40 Fe4 complexes reported in the literature have been analyzed in the search for synthetic and magnetostructural correlations.