Synthesis, UV/vis, FT-IR and Mössbauer spectroscopic characterization and molecular structure of the Bis[4-(2-aminoethyl)morpholine](tetrakis(4-metoxyphenyl)porphyrinato) iron(II) complex

•UV–visible spectrum shows redshifted Soret and Q bands.•Soret and Q bands at 424, 534 and 574 nm are close to those of reported iron(II)-bis(amine) porphyrins.•Mössbauer parameters indicates a Low-spin (LS) (S = 0) iron(II)-porphyrin complexes.•The average equatorial iron–N(pyrrole) distance is characteristic of LS ferrous porphyrins.

The synthesis, the UV–visible, FT-IR and Mössbauer spectroscopy and the crystal structure characterizations of the bis[4-(2-Aminoethyl)morpholine]tetrakis(4-metoxyphenyl)porphy-rinato)iron(II) complex are described. The title compound crystallizes in the triclinic, space group P-1, with a = 11.1253(4) Å, b = 11.2379(4) Å, c = 11.5488(4) Å, α = 72.304(2)°, β = 86.002(2)°, γ = 72.066(2)°, V = 1308.28(8) Å3, Z = 1. The Môssbauer data are consistent with an iron(II) low-spin (S = 0) porphyin species. The spin-state is confirmed by the value of the average equatorial iron-nitrogen pyrrole distance (Fe__Np = 1.988(2) Å) which is in the normal range of low-spin iron(II) porphyrins. The supramolecular architecture involve hydrogen bonding including C__H … O and weak C__H … Cg π intermolecular interactions involving centroides (Cg) pyrrole and phenyl rings.

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