%0 Journal Article %T 2-Mercaptobenzoxazole pentacyanoferrate(II/III) complexes: UV-Visible, M£¿ssbauer, electron paramagnetic resonance, electrochemistry and molecular modeling %A Luiz %A Juciane B %A Andrade %A Fabiano M. de %A S¨¢ %A Eduardo L. de %A Friedermann %A Geraldo R %A Mangrich %A Antonio S %A Barclay %A J. Elaine %A Evans %A David J %A Hasegawa %A Tai %A Nunes %A F¨¢bio S %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2004 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532004000100003 %X 2-mercaptobenzoxazole pentacyanoferrate(ii/iii) complexes, [feii/iii(cn)5(bzoxs)]3-/2- , were prepared in meoh/h2o 75:25% solutions and characterized by spectroscopic uv-vis, m£¿ssbauer, electron paramagnetic resonance (epr) and electrochemical-cyclic voltammetry- techniques. uv-vis and epr spectra along with the electrochemical behavior suggested the coordination of the multi-functional n,s,o- donor ligand, bzoxs, to iron(iii) through the sulfur atom. the crystal field parameters, dql and dt, calculated for the iron(ii) complex, in addition to the reversible redox process feiii-bzoxs + e- £¿ feii-bzoxs also pointed to coordination via the sulfur atom. the results were compared with the chemical properties of pentacyanoferrate complexes containing other monodentate n-, s- and o-donor ligands. ab initio calculations revealed the composition of the frontier orbitals of bzoxs and are in agreement with the mode of coordination proposed from the experimental data. %K 2-mercaptobenzoxazole %K pentacyanoferrate %K spectroscopy %K crystal field parameters %K ab initio calculations %K electrochemistry. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532004000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en