Inorganica Chimica Acta

Mononuclear iron (III) complexes supported by tripodal N 3 O ligands: Synthesis, structure and reactivity towards DNA cleavage

YL Wong, CY Mak, HS Kwan, HK Lee

Index: Wong, Yee-Lok; Mak, Chun-Yin; Kwan, Hoi Shan; Lee, Hung Kay Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2010 , vol. 363, # 6 p. 1246 - 1253

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Abstract

A new synthetic route to the known tripodal tetradentate N3O ligand L1 (HL1=[N-(3, 5-di-tert- butyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)-N, N-di-(2-pyridylmethyl)] amine) is reported. The related compounds HLn (n= 2, 3) were prepared by a similar procedure. Treatment of HLn (n= 1–3) with FeCl3· 6H2O in hot methanol led to the mononuclear iron (III) complexes [Fe (Ln) Cl2](1: n= 1, 2: n= 2, 3: n= 3). The solid-state structures of complexes 1 and 2 were ...