CHEMICAL AND SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES IN METAL BETA-DIKETONATES .7. ELECTRONIC SPECTRAL STUDIES ON SOME TRIVALENT 3D METAL DIKETONATES AND THEIR GAMMA-SUBSTITUTED DERIVATIVES

Electronic absorption spectra of solutions of chromium(III), iron(III), and cobalt(III) β-diketonates have been measured in the 200- 1200mμ region. Detailed interpretation of the spectral data are provided in terms of the πg → π4, the electron transfer (dϵ → π4), and the ligand field (d → d*) transitions of the various components. The effects of γ-substituents on the chelate rings upon the positions of different transitions are discussed. Substitution of a halogen results in bathochromic shift in π3 → π4, dϵ → π4, and d → d* transitions of each chelate, presumably due to extension of conjugation, interaction among dϵ and π3 orbitals (which raises dϵ orbitals to a higher energy), and decrease in ligand field effect respectively. The hypsochromic shifts observed in the cases of NO2, SCN, Ac, and CHO γ-substituents are perhaps due to the steric inhibition of resonance with the chelate ring. © 1969, CSIRO. All rights reserved.