Synthesis, Characterization and Thermal Properties of Iron Material Including Carbodiimide and S-Indacene Structures

Abstract

Iron carbodiimide materials have been prepared using transmetallation reaction from dilithium carbodiimide. The products were characterized by elemental analysis and infrared spectroscopy presenting the characteristic absorption of carbodiimide group (-NCN-). The partial oxidation of iron carbodiimide materials based on s-indacene ligand has shown a clear electronic delocalization observed by IR spectroscopy. The thermal degradation of these materials studied by thermogravimetric analyses (TGA), starts around 180-200°C.