A comparison is made between the structural, spectroscopic, electrochemical, and magnetic properties of pyrazolate
versus carboxylate complexes [Fe3(μ3(μ3O)(μ-LL)6Cl3]2− containing the Fe3(μ3-O)-motif. While the Fe3(μ3-O)-cores
are structurally indistinguishable in the two types of complexes, their magnetic properties deviate from the expected
values as a result of a through-pyrazole contribution to the overall antiferromagnetic exchange with J
1/hc =
−80.1 cm−1 and J
2/hc = −72.4 cm−1, or J
1/hc = 70.6 cm−1 and J
2/hc = −80.8 cm−1, (H
ex = −J
1(S
1
S
2 + S
2
S
3) −
J
2
S
1
S
3). The magnetic properties of the pyrazolate complexes are further tuned by an antisymmetric exchange
interaction term.