Issue 26, 2024

Iron(ii) spin crossover complexes of tetradentate Schiff-bases: tuning T1/2 by choice of formyl-heterocycle component

Abstract

Four new tetradentate Schiff-base ligands were prepared in situ from the 1 : 2 condensation of 1,3-diaminopropane and either 2-thiazolecarboxaldehyde (L2thiazole), 4-thiazolecarboxaldehyde (L4thiazole), 4-oxazolecarboxaldehyde (L4oxazole), or 5-bromopyridine-2-aldehyde (L5Br-pyridine), and complexed with [Fe(NCS)2(pyridine)4] to give four monometallic FeII complexes, [Fe(Lheterocycle)(NCS)2]. Structural characterisation shows the expected octahedral FeII centres in all cases, with Lheterocycle occupying the equatorial plane and the two thiocyanate ligands trans to each other, resulting in an N6 coordination sphere. Solid state magnetic measurements showed that the two complexes with the thiazole-based ligands exhibit the beginning of a spin transition above 300 K, with T1/2 = 350 K for [Fe(L4thiazole)(NCS)2] and 400 K for [Fe(L2thiazole)(NCS)2], whereas the 4-oxazole-based ligand gives [Fe(L4oxazole)(NCS)2] which remains high spin at all measured temperatures (50–400 K). Interestingly, [Fe(L5Br-pyridine)(NCS)2] crystallised as two solvent-free polymorphs: magnetic measurements on samples with both polymorphs present showed a two step SCO with an abrupt transition at T1/2 = 245 K assigned to the transition in polymorph A (as this was also seen in a sample of pure polymorph A), and a gradual transition at T1/2 = 304 K assigned to polymorph B. These findings show that the order of increasing ligand field strength for these heterocycles is 4-oxazole ≪ 5Br-pyridine < 4-thiazole < 2-thiazole.

Graphical abstract: Iron(ii) spin crossover complexes of tetradentate Schiff-bases: tuning T1/2 by choice of formyl-heterocycle component

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 мар. 2024
Accepted
05 јун. 2024
First published
11 јун. 2024

Dalton Trans., 2024,53, 10974-10981

Iron(II) spin crossover complexes of tetradentate Schiff-bases: tuning T1/2 by choice of formyl-heterocycle component

M. G. Robb, S. V. Chong and S. Brooker, Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 10974 DOI: 10.1039/D4DT00884G

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