Journal article

Mixed valency in a neutral 1D Fe-chloranilate coordination polymer

KM Clutterbuck, BF Abrahams, TA Hudson, MP van Koeverden

Dalton Transactions | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | Published : 2022

Abstract

The syntheses and structures of a pair of neutral one-dimensional (1D) Fe-anilate based coordination polymers, Fe(Fan)(4,4′-bipy)2 (Fann− = deprotonated 3,6-difluoro-2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone; 4,4′-bipy = 4,4′-bipyridine) and Fe(Clan)(OPPh3)2 (Clann− = deprotonated 3,6-dichloro-2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone; OPPh3 = triphenylphosphine oxide), are reported. In the case of Fe(Fan)(4,4′-bipy)2, the Fe centre is in the +2 oxidation state and the Fan ligand is present in its quinoidal, dianionic form. In contrast, the structurally similar Fe(Clan)(OPPh3)2 chain contains Fe centres and chloranilate ligands in oxidation states close to +3 and −3 respectively at low temperature. It is suggeste..

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Awarded by Australian Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Australian Research Council (DP180101413). This research was undertaken in part using the MX2 beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, part of ANSTO, and made use of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) detector. The authors gratefully acknowledge Prof. Deanna D'Alessandro of the University of Sydney for spectroscopic measurements.