Tridentate N?N?N iron(II) and cobalt(II) complexes of ion-paired structures: Synthesis, characterization and magnetism

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.molstruc.2008.03.027

Two kinds of ion-paired iron and cobalt complexes ligated by 2-(benzimidazolyl)-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridyl [iron (1a) and cobalt (1b)] or N-(pyridin-2-yl)methylene)-quinolin-8-amine (iron, 2a) were synthesized and well characterized by IR, EA and X-ray