MIXED IRON(III) β-DIKETONATES

Abstract

Although studies on kinetics and stereochemical rearrangement of some mixed β-diketonate complexes of aluminium(III),^1,2 chromium(III) and cobalt(III)³ have been investigated, very sparse information is available on mixed iron(III) β-diketonates.⁴ In order to throw more light on the bonding and structural aspects of trivalent metal β-diketonates,^5–7 we have synthesized several new mixed β-diketonate complexes of iron(III) and investigated their magnetic and spectral properties.