TY - JOUR A1 - Witke, Klaus A1 - Kunze, Ralf A1 - Neubert, Dietmar A1 - Mehner, Hartmut A1 - Feist, M. A1 - Kemnitz, E. T1 - Two oxidation states and four different coordinations of iron in an unusual chloro complex: TG-MS, Raman and Mössbauer spectroscopic investigations of the thermal behaviour JF - Thermochimica Acta N2 - Conventional simultaneous thermal analysis, capillary-coupled TG–MS, in situ and ex situ Raman and Mössbauer spectroscopy, as well as chemical analysis have been used for the investigation of the first decomposition step of the mixed valence chloroferrate (dmpipzH2)6[Fe(II)Cl4]2[Fe(III)Cl4]2[Fe(II)Cl5][Fe(III)Cl6]. Under argon at ca. 200°C, an almost complete reduction proceeds in a solid state reaction forming Fe(II). It is accompanied by the release of HCl and, to a minor degree, carbon containing species. A multi-phase product with at least two chloroferrate species, coke, and C,H,N-containing polymers is formed. Binuclear iron complexes, such as (dmpipzH)2[Fe(II)2Cl6], and small amounts of (dmpipzH)[Fe(III)Cl4] have been proposed to be the major and minor component of the product mixture, respectively. KW - Mixed valence chloroferrate KW - Thermal decomposition KW - Intramolecular reduction PY - 2000 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(00)00546-3 SN - 0040-6031 SN - 1872-762X VL - 361 IS - 1-2 SP - 53 EP - 60 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-988 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -