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For this purpose, a series of azomethine complexes of the composition [Fe(L)2]X (L = 3,6-bis[(3\u2032,6\u2032-di-tert-butyl-9-carbazol)-9-carbazol]benzoyloxy-4-salicylidene-N\u2032-ethyl-N-ethylenediamine, X = NO3\u2212, Cl\u2212, PF6\u2212) were synthesized by the reaction of metal salts with Schiff bases in a mixture of solvents. The UV\u2013Vis absorption properties were studied in dichloromethane and rationalized via time-dependent density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Upon excitation at 350 nm, the compounds exhibited an intense dual fluorescence with two emission bands centered at ~445 and ~485 nm, which were assigned to \u03c0carb\u2013\u03c0* intraligand and \u03c0carb\u2013dFe ligand-to-metal charge-transfer excited states. EPR spectroscopy and SQUID magnetometry revealed solid-state partial spin crossover in some compounds, and antiferromagnetic interactions between the neighboring Fe(III) ions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma14185445","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,21]],"date-time":"2021-09-21T22:34:01Z","timestamp":1632263641000},"page":"5445","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Dendritic Iron(III) Carbazole Complexes: Structural, Optical, and Magnetic Characteristics"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8408-0092","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matvey","family":"Gruzdev","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"G.A. 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