Synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of iron(III) complexes of N'-(thioaroyl)pyridine-2-carbohydrazides

A new series of iron(III) complexes [Fe(L(1))(HL(1))], [Fe(L(1)) Cl]; [H2L(1) = N'-(2-methoxythiobenzoyl)pyridine-2-carbohydrazide], [Fe(L(2))(acac)], [Fe(HL(2))2 Cl]; [H2L(2) = N'-(4-methoxythiobenzoyl)pyridine-2-carbohydrazide] and [Fe(L(3)) (acac)]; [H2L(3) = N'-(2-hydroxythiobenzoyl)pyridine-2-carbohydrazide] were prepared by stirring/refluxing/mixing the respective ligand with FeCl3/Fe(acac)3 in chloroform/methanol. All the compounds were characterized by elemental analyses, magnetic susceptibility, IR, UV and Mossbauer spectral data. The complexes high/low spin state and have tetrahedral/octahedral geometry.