Fe-57 Mossbauer Spectroscopy As A Tool For Study Of Spin States And Magnetic Interactions In Inorganic Chemistry

In this mini-review of our research group's activity, the application of Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopy in studies of electronic structure, coordination environment, and magnetic interactions in an interesting series of Fe(II/III) compounds selected is discussed. We selected two prominent phenomena that arose during investigations of selected groups of compounds carried out at different periods of time: (1) very high magnetic hyperfine fields observed at low temperatures; (2) changes in the oxidation state of the central iron atom of complexes in the solid state during interactions with gaseous O-2/H2O mixtures, resulting in spin crossover (SCO).