The preparation and characterization of the five-coordinate iron(II) porphyrinate derivative [Fe(TpivPP)(NO
3)]
- (TpivPP= picket-fence porphyrin) is described. Structural and magnetic susceptibility data support a high-spin state (
S =2) assignment for this species. The anionic axial nitrate ligand is O-bound, through a single O atom, with an Fe-Obond length of 2.069(4) Å. The planar nitrate ligand bisects a N
p-Fe-N
p angle. The average Fe-N
p bond lengthis 2.070(16) Å. The Fe atom is located 0.49 Å out of the 24-atom mean porphyrin plane toward the nitrate ligand.From solid-state Mössbauer data, the isomer shift of 0.98 mm/s at 77 K is entirely consistent with high-spin iron(II).However the quadrupole splitting of 3.59 mm/s at 77 K is unusually high for iron(II),
S = 2 systems but within therange of other five-coordinate high-spin ferrous complexes with a single anionic axial ligand. Crystal data for [K(222)][Fe(TpivPP)(NO
3)]·C
6H
5Cl:
a = 17.888 (5) Å,
b = 21.500 (10) Å,
c = 22.514 (11) Å,
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= 100.32 (3)
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, monoclinic,space group
P2
1/
n,
V = 8519 Å
3,
Z = 4.