Spin crossover in homo- and heteroligand iron(II) complexes with tris(pyrazol-1-yl)methane derivatives

Abstract

The studies concerning coordination compounds of various salts of iron(II) with tris(pyrazol-1-yl)methane derivatives (HC(pz)3) are discussed. The results of a number of studies on the synthesis and investigation of the homo- and heteroligand iron(II) complexes with tris(3,5- dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methane (HC(3,5-Me2pz)3) are considered. The study of the temperature dependence μeff (T) showed that the spin crossover (SCO) 1A1↔5T2 observed in a series of the compounds discussed is accompanied by thermochromism (color change pink (purple) ↔ colorless). Specific features of the SCO and their dependence on the outer-sphere anion in the iron(II) complexes are discussed. The data of the recently published work devoted to the synthesis of the iron(II) complexes with three N-substituted HC(pz)3 derivatives (general formula xL, where x = H, CH2C6H5 (Bn) and p-SO3C6H4CH3 (Ts)) are considered.