Iron complexes with oximes

Firstly there is nucleophilic attack of the nitrile carbon atom by hydroxylamine. An amide oxime is produced this then forms an intensely colored complex with the iron(III) chloride. 

Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, interaction with lithium, 36 66 No-phonon transition, 35 324 Norbomadiene complexes with cobalt, 12 286 with copper, 12 328, 330, 331 with gold, 12 348, 349 with group VIB metals, 12 231 with group VnB metals, 12 241 with iron, 12 265 with palladium, 12 314 with platinum, 12 319 with rhodium, 12 300-302 with ruthenium, 12 278, 279 with silver, 12 340-342, 344, 346 Norbomylsiloxane, 42 226, 228 Notch receptor proteins, 46 473, 475 h (N)" oxime complexes, osmium, 37 260 h (N,0) oxime complexes, osmium, 37 260 (NPr ljiFeCfrdto),], magnetization versus temperature, 43 230... 

Several oximes have been recommended as reagents for iron, e.g., formaldoxime [93], phenyl-2-pyridylketoxime [94], 2,2 -dipyridyl-P-glyoxime (e = 1.9-10 at 558 nm CHCI3) [95], a-benzildioxime (with 4-methylpyridine) [96]. These reagents form coloured complexes with Fe(II) or Fe(III) in alkaline media. 

The ligands (20) contain a coordination site such as pyridyl or amino nitrogen, or a hydroxyl oxygen. Complexes of (20 T = NH2 and n = 2) with iron(II) have been studied recently.65 A copper(II) dimer (with bridging oxime groups) of (20 T = OH, n = 2 or 3) was described by Ablov and coworkers66 in 1972 and its crystal structure has been elucidated67 in 1974. 

The most common hydrox y oxime ligands are salicylaldoximes, complexes of which with copper(II), nickel(II) amd palladium(II), cobalt(II), iron(II), iron(HI) and manganese(II) have been investigated extensively including crystal and molecular structures13 of the first three. In an interesting study,71 the reactions of cobalt bis chelates of this type have been studied with aluminum isopropoxide. 

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