The heterodinuclear iron(III) and copper(II) molecule Cu(salen)Fe(acac)2NO3 and its iron precursor Fe(acac)2NO3. Synthesis, magnetic susceptibility, EPR and Mössbauer investigations

Abstract The synthesis, EPR, magnetic and Mossbauer properties of two iron(III) complexes are reported. The heterodinuclear iron(III)-copper(II) complex Cu(salen)Fe(acac)2NO3 is obtained as an adduct from the reaction of the two mononuclear moieties, the Cu(salen) molecule and the mononuclear iron(III) molecule Fe(acac)2NO3 acting as a precursor of the dinuclear unit. The latter molecule itself has been prepared by ligand substitution from the tris-acetylacetonate Fe(acac)3. The dinuclear complex is characterized by comparing the properties of the mono- and the dinuclear complex. Fe(acac)2NO3 is identified from its typical IR spectrum with the main nitrate vibrations at 1380, 1250 and 1010 …