Table 2.
Energies in kJ mol−1 and Selected Interatomic Distances in Å for Axial and Equatorial Conformations of [(PyTACN)Fe(O)(Cl)]+ Complex, in the S = 2 and S = 1 Spin States
Conformation | Axial | Equatorial | ||||||||||
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Spin state | Quintet (51ax) | Triplet (31ax) | Quintet (51eq) | Triplet (31eq) | ||||||||
Solvent | Vacuum | DCM | H2O | Vacuum | DCM | H2O | Vacuum | DCM | H2O | Vacuum | DCM | H2O |
E(DFT)a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | − 4 | 9 | 3 | − 2 |
E(CASPT2)c | 0 | – | – | 10 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 41 | – | – |
Fe–O | 1.61 | 1.62 | 1.63 | 1.62 | 1.63 | 1.63 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.63 |
Fe–Nd | 2.19 | 2.19 | 2.18 | 2.07 | 2.06 | 2.05 | 2.19 | 2.18 | 2.17 | 2.06 | 2.05 | 2.04 |
Fe–Cl | 2.25 | 2.32 | 2.33 | 2.26 | 2.32 | 2.33 | 2.28 | 2.38 | 2.41 | 2.28 | 2.34 | 2.36 |
aB3LYP-D3/6-311++G**//B3LYP-D3/6-31G* energies at 0 K including ZPE correction relatively to 51ax (S = 2 spin isomer with the oxygen atom in the axial position)
bGeometries were optimized at the B3LYP-D3/6-31G* level of theory
cCASPT2 electronic energies
dAverage of the four Fe–N distances