Structural and spectroscopic characterisation of bis-ligand complexes of iron(ii), nickel(ii) and nickel(iii) with the hydrotris(methimazolyl)borate anion: soft S6 donor sets generating a weak ligand field
Abstract
Reaction of iron(II) and nickel(II) halides with sodium hydrotris(methimazolyl)borate (NaTm) results in the formation of 2 ∶ 1 complexes [M(Tm)2]. Crystallographic characterisation reveals in both cases trigonally distorted octahedral geometry in an S6 donor set. Spectroscopic properties indicate that the Tm