The structur
al
and solution ch
ar
acteriz
ation of novel Fe(II) compounds of the gener
al formul
a [Fe(bzt
pen)X]PF
6and [Fe(bzt
pen)CH
3CN](PF
6)
2 is presented, where bzt
pen is the
pent
adent
ate lig
and
N-benzyl-
N,
N',
N'-tris(2-methylpyridyl)ethylenedi
amine
and X
- is
a monodent
ate lig
and. All complexes were ch
ar
acterized in solution
andin the solid st
ate, employing the usu
al techniques
and single-cryst
al X-r
ay diffr
action. The results obt
ained
arediscussed in terms of the existing inform
ation for some previously reported
an
alogous compounds to
arrive
at
ar
ation
aliz
ation reg
arding the influence of
a v
ari
ation in the coordin
ation environment of
all compounds
and to ev
alu
atetheir rel
ative st
ability. The observed m
agnetic response in the solid st
ate is p
ar
am
agnetic in the entire tem
per
aturer
ange for the Cl
-, Br
-, I
-, OCN
-,
and SCN
- deriv
atives, while the N(CN)
2-, CH
3CN,
and CN
- deriv
atives
aredi
am
agnetic. The di
am
agnetic ch
ar
acter of these l
ast two compounds is confirmed in
acetonitrile solution, while
aspin tr
ansition step is observed for the N(CN)
2- deriv
ative. Diffr
action d
at
a for
all compounds
as hex
afluorophosph
atesshows th
at the I
-, Br
-,
and OCN
- deriv
atives cryst
allize in the orthorhombic sp
ace group
Pbca, while the CN
-,SCN
-,
and CH
3CN compounds cryst
allize in the triclinic sp
ace group
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ages/entities/onem
acr.gif">. Aver
age bond lengths
and the trigon
aldistortion p
ar
ameter c
an be correl
ated to the observed m
agnetic susceptibility de
pending on the coordin
atedmonodent
ate lig
and. Solution me
asurements of electronic pro
perties for the compounds follow the trend est
ablishedby the s
pectrochemic
al series. The rel
ative st
ability of the Fe(II) complexes c
an be est
ablished in terms of the
percent
age of dissoci
ation from the volt
ammetry
and conductivity results, which
are consistent with those obt
aineds
pectrophotometric
ally, m
ainly, the l
arger st
ability for the CN
- deriv
ative
and the lower for the I
- deriv
ative. Theredox potenti
al
and
percent
age of dissoci
ation v
alues
allow for the estim
ation of the rel
ative st
ability const
ants forthe Fe(II)
and Fe(III) complexes.