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¼ 1 Hz, pyH6), 7.75 (1H, td, JH4-H3 ¼ JH4-H5 ¼ 8 Hz,
applied. The structures were solved by direct methods
(SHELXS-97) (24, 25) and refined against all F2 data
(SHELXL-97) (26, 27). All non-hydrogen atoms were
refined anisotropically. Hydrogen atoms were inserted at
calculated positions and rode on the atoms to which they
were attached with U(H) ¼ 1.2U(non-H). CCDC 869782
& 869783.
H3
JH4-H6 ¼ 2 Hz, pyH4), 7.20–7.46 (11H, m, pyH5,
2 £ phH2-6) ppm. ATR-IR n/cm21 ¼ 1582 (m), 1496 (m),
1469 (m), 1444 (m), 1425 (m), 801 (m), 771 (m), 715 (s),
601 (m). ESI-MS (pos.) m/z: [Na(phppt)]þ (expected,
321.1116; found, 321.1104).
[Fe(phppt)2(SCN)2]·2MeOH (3·2MeOH)
[Fe(phppt)2(SCN)2]·2MeOH
C42H36FeN10O2S2 (3·2MeOH), M ¼ 832.78 g mol21, tri-
Under argon, to a pale yellow solution of phppt (100 mg,
0.335 mmol) in 4:1 MeOH/CHCl3 (40 mL) was added a
pale yellow solution of [Fe(py)4(SCN)2] (78 mg,
0.16 mmol) in MeOH (5 mL) causing the solution to turn
deep red. After stirring for 1 h at room temperature, the
resulting red solution was subjected to Et2O vapour
diffusion (still under argon), resulting in the formation of
pale orange crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction. These
were filtered off and dried under a flow of N2 (30.8 mg,
0.040 mmol, 25%).
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clinic, a ¼ 8.9230(17) A, b ¼ 9.5562(19) A,
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c ¼ 13.421(2) A, a ¼ 95.117(10)8, b ¼ 108.385(10)8,
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g ¼ 111.310(9)8, V ¼ 984.5(3) A , T ¼ 89(2) K, space
group P-1, Z ¼ 1, 14,321 reflections measured, 3832
unique (Rint ¼ 0.0553) which were used in all calculations.
Final wR2 ¼ 0.1123 (all data), R1 ¼ 0.0453 (I . 2s).
[Fe(phppt)2(SeCN)2]·Et2O
C44H38FeN10OSe2 (4·Et2O), M ¼ 936.61 g mol21, tricli-
Found: C, 60.42; H, 4.12; N, 16.82; S, 7.55 Calcd. for
C40H28N10S2Fe·2MeOH C, 60.58; H, 4.36; N, 17.20; S,
7.70% ATR-IR n/cm21 ¼ 2052 (s), 2028 (s), 1602 (w),
1495 (m), 1470 (s), 1435 (m), 1024 (w), 792 (s), 727 (m),
691 (s), 612 (w). ESI-MS (pos.) m/z: [Fe(phppt)2(SCN)]þ
(expected, 710.1538; found, 710.1463), [Na(phppt)2]þ
(expected, 619.2335; found, 619.2290), [Na(phppt)]þ
(expected, 321.1116; found, 321.1076).
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nic, a ¼ 8.9147(3) A, b ¼ 10.0514(5) A, c ¼ 13.2605(5)
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A, a ¼ 73.230(2)8, b ¼ 70.767(2)8, g ¼ 67.756(2)8,
3
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V ¼ 1019.99(7) A , T ¼ 90(2) K, space group P-1, Z ¼ 1,
12,338 reflections measured, 4176 unique (Rint 0.0404)
which were used in calculations. Final wR2 ¼ 0.0858
(all data) and R1 ¼ 0.0428 (I . 2s).
[Fe(phppt)2(SeCN)2]·1.5MeOH (4·1.5MeOH)
Acknowledgements
Under argon, to a pale yellow solution of phppt (100mg,
0.335 mmol) in 4:1 MeOH/CHCl3 (40 mL) was added solid
[Fe(py)4(SeCN)2] (96.7 mg, 0.168 mmol), causing the
solution to turn deep red as the solid dissolved. After stirring
for 20min at room temperature, the resulting deep red
solution was subjected to Et2O vapour diffusion (still under
argon), resulting in the formation of a few orange crystals of
[Fe(phppt)2(SeCN)2]·Et2O suitable for X-ray diffraction and
orange microcrystals. These were collected by filtration and
dried under a flow of N2(g) to give [Fe(phppt)2(SeCN)2]·1.5-
MeOH (56 mg, 0.0634mmol, 38%).
We are grateful to the University of Otago, the Marsden Fund
(RSNZ) and the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials
and Nanotechnology for funding this research, including the
¨
purchase of the Mossbauer Spectrometer (MacDiarmid Institute).
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X-ray crystallography
X-ray crystallography was carried out on a Bruker Apex
Kappa II area detector, using graphite–monochromatic
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Mo–Ka radiation (l ¼ 0.710730(9) A). The data were
corrected for Lorentz and polarisation effects and
semi-empirical absorptions corrections (SCALE) were