[Rh(III)H{(tBu(2)PCH(2)SiMe(2)NSiMe(2)CH(2)PtBu{CMe(2)CH(2)})}], ([RhH(PNP*)]), reacts with O(2) in the time taken to mix the reagents to form a 1:1 eta(2)-O(2) adduct, for which O--O bond length is discussed with reference to the reducing power of [RhH(PNP*)]; DFT calculations faithfully replicate the observed O-O distance, and are used to understand the oxidation state of this coordinated O(2). The reactivity of [Rh(O(2))(PNP)] towards H(2), CO, N(2), and O(2) is tested and compared to the associated DFT reaction energies. Three different reagents effect single oxygen atom transfer to [RhH(PNP*)]. The resulting [RhO(PNP)], characterized at and above -60 degrees C and by DFT calculations, is a ground-state triplet, is nonplanar, and reacts, above about +15 degrees C, with its own tBu C--H bond, to cleanly form a diamagnetic complex, [Rh(OH){N(SiMe(2)CH(2)PtBu(2))(SiMe(2)CH(2)PtBu{CMe(2)CH(2)})}].
The synthesis and characterization of two new binuclear compounds [{Fe(dpia)(NCS) 2 } 2 (bpac)]·nCH 3 OH [n = 0 (1) and 2 (2), dpia = bis(2-picolyl)amine, bpac = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethyne] are reported. The magnetic susceptibility measurements of the compounds revealed different types of magnetic behavior. Complex 1 displays a two-step spin crossover (SCO) that suggests the occurrence of a mixed [HS-LS] (HS = high spin, LS = low spin) pair at the plateau temperature (145 K), at which about 50 % of the complexes undergo a thermal spin conversion. The high-temperature step is very gradual, whereas the low-temperature step shows a first-order spin transition with a hysteresis width equal to 17 K. Compound 2 manifests a relatively abrupt one-step spin change with a narrow hysteresis of 4 K. The single-crystal X-ray structure of
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