Configuration effects on electrode processes: optically active complexes of quadridentate Schiff bases. Part 2. Iron complexes

Abstract

Diastereoisomeric chelate complexes of the type [FeL(N₃)](L = a quadridentate Schiff base derived from 1,2-di-substituted ethylenediamine and salicylaldehyde) show differences in several aspects of their electrode behaviour, including the parameters for heterogeneous electron transfer, adsorption on the electrode, and the equilibrium constant of axial-ligand dissociation coupled with the electrochemical reduction.