
%0 Journal Article
%A Baker, AT 
%A Goodwin, HA 
%T Iron(II) and Nickel(II) Complexes of 4,4&#8242;-Bithiazole: Spectral, Magnetic and Structural Studies
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1985/06/01
%V 38
%N 6
%P 851-863
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9850851
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9850851 
%X Iron(II) and nickel(II) complexes of 4,4&#8242;-bithiazole (L) have been prepared. Salts of [FeL3]2+ undergo thermally induced spin-state transitions, in the solid state and in solution. The structures of both [FeL3] [ClO4]2 and [NiL3] [ClO4]2 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffractometry . The compounds are isomorphous : monoclinic with space group C2/c, with four molecules in a unit cell of dimensions (Fe, Ni): a 17.250(3), 17.379(3); b 9.8168(9), 9.685(1); c 16.867(3), 17.135(3) &#506;; &#946; 105.943(7), 104.860(7)&#176;. The structures were refined by least-squares methods to residuals of 0.033 (Fe) and 0.033 (Ni) for 1917 (Fe) and 2017 (Ni) observed reflections. The cations have a distorted octahedral structure with the average Ni-N bond length being 0.11 &#506; longer than the average Fe-N bond length. 
