Ligand Field Influence on the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Quasi-linear Two-coordinate Iron(II) Complexes

Abstract

The 2 to 300 K magnetic susceptibilities of Fe{N(SiMe2Ph)2}2, 1, Fe{N(SiMePh2)2}2, 2, and the diaryl complex Fe(ArPri4)2, 3, where ArPri4 is C6H3-2,6(C6H3-2,6-Pri2)2 have been measured. Initial fits of these properties in the absence of an independent knowledge of their ligand field splitting have proven problematic. Ab initio calculations of the CASSCF/RASSI/SINGLE-ANISO type have indicated that the orbital energies of the complexes, as well as those of Fe(ArMe6)2, 4, where ArMe6 is C6H3-2,6(C6H2-2,4,6-Me3)2), are in the order dxy ˜ dx2-y2 < dxz ˜ dyz < dz2, and the iron(II) complexes in this ligand field have the (dxy, dx2-y2)3(dxz, dyz)2(dz2)1 ground electronic configuration with a substantial orbital contribution to their effective magnetic moments. An ab initio-derived ligand field and spin–orbit model is found to yield an excellent simulation of the observed magnetic properties of 1–3. The calculated ligand field strengths of these ligands are placed in the broader context of common coordination ligands in hypothetical two-coordinate linear iron(II) complexes. This yields the ordering I- < H- < Br- ˜ PMe3 < CH3- < Cl- ˜ C(SiMe3)3- < CN- ˜ SArPri6- < ArPri4- < ArMe6- ˜ N3- < NCS- ˜ NCSe- ˜ NCBH3- ˜ MeCN ˜ H2O ˜ NH3 < NO3- ˜ THF ˜ CO ˜ N(SiMe2Ph)2- ˜ N(SiMePh2)2- < F- ˜ N(H)ArPri6- ˜ N(SiMe3)Dipp- < OArPri4-. The magnetic susceptibility of the bridged dimer, [Fe{N(SiMe3)2}2]2, 5, has also been measured between 2 and 300 K and a fit of ?MT with the isotropic Heisenberg Hamiltonian, H = -2JS1·S2 yields an antiferromagnetic exchange coupling constant, J, of -131(2) cm-1.

Department(s)

Chemistry

Research Center/Lab(s)

Center for High Performance Computing Research

Sponsor(s)

National Science Foundation (U.S.)

Comments

Financial support by National Science Foundation (U.S.), Grant No. CHE-1263760

Keywords and Phrases

Antiferromagnetism; Calculations; Coordination Reactions; Iron; Ligands; Magnetic Moments; Magnetic Properties; Magnetic Susceptibility; Magnetism; Ab Initio Calculations; Antiferromagnetic Exchange Coupling; Effective Magnetic Moments; Electronic And Magnetic Properties; Electronic Configuration; Isotropic Heisenberg; Ligand Field Splitting; Orbital Contribution; Iron Compounds

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1477-9226

Electronic OCLC #

630751278

Print OCLC #

51500500

Document Type

Article - Journal

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

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© 2015 Royal Society of Chemistry, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jun 2015

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