The synthesis of the first singly bridged non-heme diiron complex with a
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-hydroxo bridging ligand, [{(salten)Fe}
2(OH)][B(C
6H
5)
4]·(CH
3CN)
x·(H
2O)
y (
1) [H
2salten = 4-azaheptane-1,7-bis(salicylideneiminate)], is reported. The complexhas been characterized with X-ray crystallography, FTIR, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and Mössbauerspectroscopy. The data have been compared with the results of DFT calculations on both
1 and a model with anunsupported
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-oxo bridge (
2) to verify the formulation of the complex as a
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-hydroxo-bridged species. The X-ray
structure [Fe-O(H) = 1.997(1) Å and Fe-O(H)-Fe = 159
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] is consistent with the DFT-optimized geometry of
1[Fe-O(H) = 2.02 Å and Fe-O(H)-Fe = 151
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]; the Fe-O(H) distance in
1 is about 0.2 Å longer than the Fe-Oseparations in the optimized geometry of
2 (1.84 Å) and in the crystallographic
structures of diiron(III) compoundswith unsupported
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-oxo bridges (1.77-1.81 Å). The formulation of
1 as a hydroxo-bridged compound is also supportedby the presence of an O-H stretch band in the FTIR spectrum of the complex. The magnetic susceptibilitymeasurements of
1 reveal antiferromagnetic exchange (
J = 42 cm
-1 and
Hex =
JS1·
S2). Nearly the same
J valueis obtained by analyzing the temperature dependence of the Mössbauer spectra (
J = 43 cm
-1; other parameters:
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= 0.49 mm s
-1,
EQ = -0.97 mm s
-1, and
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= 0.45 at 4.2 K). The experimental
J values and Mössbauerparameters agree very well with those obtained from DFT calculations for the
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-hydroxo-bridged compound (
J =46 cm
-1,
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= 0.48 mm s
-1,
EQ = -1.09 mm s
-1, and
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= 0.35). The exchange coupling constant in
1 isdistinctly different from the value
J ![](/images/entities/ap.gif)
200 cm
-1 calculated for the optimized
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-oxo-bridged species,
2. The increasedexchange-coupling in
2 arises primarily from a decrease in the Fe-O bond length.