Structure and Magnetic Properties of Iron(II/III) Complexes with N2O22- Coordinating Schiff Base Like Ligands

An overview on the structure-reactivity relationship of iron(II/III) complexes with Schiff base like N2O2 coordinating ligands is given. The high flexibility of the ligands results in a wide range of possible applications from model complexes for the reaction with small biomolecules such as nitric oxide to molecular switching materials either as a result of the occurrence of the spin-crossover phenomenon or the spontaneous long-range magnetic ordering. ((C) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2009)