“…The average distances of the bonds Fe III –O phenolate (1.8651 Å), Fe III –N imine (1.9401 Å) and Fe III –N amine (2.049 Å) are consistent with the low-spin state of iron(III) in a pseudooctahedral geometry. Typically, octahedral LS distances of Fe III –O phenolate , Fe III –N imine , and Fe III –N amine are in the ranges 1.85–1.89, ,,, 1.92–1.96, ,,, and 2.02–2.08 Å, ,, respectively, whereas the corresponding distances for HS iron(III) are in the ranges 1.89–1.93, ,,,, 2.09–2.15, ,,, and 2.18–2.26 Å, ,,, respectively. These variations of bond distances with spin state are readily explained using MO theory which shows an antibonding (d σ *) HOMO in HS octahedral iron(III) complexes, but a nonbonding (d π ) HOMO in the corresponding LS complexes.…”