Synthesis crystal structure and magnetic properties of [Fe2(bpym)(C5O5)2(H2O)4]·2H2O and two polymorphs of [Fe2(bpym)(C4O4)2(H2O)6]·2H2O (bpym = 2,2′-bipyrimidine)

Abstract Two dinuclear iron(II) complexes of formulae [Fe2(bpym)(C5O5)2(H2O)4]·2H2O (1) and [Fe2(bpym)(C4O4)2(H2O)6]·2H2O (2) (bpym = 2,2-bipyrimidine, C5O52 = dianion of croconic acid (4,5-dihydroxycylopent-4-ene-1,2,3-trione) and C4O42 = dianion of squaric acid (3,4-dihydroxycyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione)) were prepared and their crystal structures (at 103 K) determined by X-ray diffraction methods. The structure of 1 consists of neutral centrosymmetric [Fe2(bpym)(C5O5)2(H2O)4] units and water molecules of crystallization which are linked by an extensive network of hydrogen bonds. The coordination geometry around each iron atom is that of a compressed octahedron with bpym nitrogen atoms and cr…