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An Oxo-bridged Five-coordinate Iron(III) Molecule

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THE magnetic properties of several iron (III) compounds with antiferromagnetic properties have recently been accounted for within the framework of the dipolar coupling model1,2. One such compound—(Fe salen)2O.py2 (salen = bis-salicylidene–ethylenediamine)1, has a moment of 1.90 B.M. at 300° K, falling to 0.58 B.M. at 80° K—has been fitted with an exchange integral of 90 cm−1. The crystal structure of this complex is reported here.

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GERLOCH, M., MCKENZIE, E. & TOWL, A. An Oxo-bridged Five-coordinate Iron(III) Molecule. Nature 220, 906–907 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220906a0

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