Complexes of iron(III) salen and saloph Schiff bases with bridging 2,4,6-tris(2,5-dicarboxyphenylimino-4-formylphenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine and 2,4,6-tris(4-carboxyphenylimino-4¢-formylphenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine Abstract Four new trinuclear Fe(III) complexes involving tetradenta Schiff bases N,N 1 -bis(salicylidene) ethylenediamine-(salenH 2 ) or bis(salicylidene)-o-phenylenediamine-(salophH 2 ) with 2,4,6-tris(2,5-dicarboxyphenylimino-4-formylphenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine (DCPI-TRIPOD) or 2,4,6-tris(4-carboxyphenylimino-4¢-formylphenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine (CPI-TRIPOD) have been synthesized and characterized by means of elemental analysis carrying out 1 H-n.m.r., i.r. spectroscopy, thermal analyses and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The complexes can also be characterized as high-spin distorted octahedral Fe III bridged by carboxylic acids. The tricarboxylic acids play a role as bridges for weak antiferromagnetic intramolecular exchange.