Crystal Structure of a Mononuclear Iron(III) Complex, Hexakis(dimethylformamide-κO)iron(III) Tris(hexafluoridophosphate)

A mononuclear iron(III) complex, [Fe(dmf ) 6 6 3 [hexakis(dimethylformamide- κ O )iron(III) tris(hexafluoridophosphate)], was synthesized, and characterized by a single-crystal X-ray method. The compound crystallized in the triclinic space group P 1 and Z = 2 with cell parameters a = 11.9608(3)Å, b = 13.1544(4)Å, c = 13.4260(3)Å, α = 81.340(2) ° , β = 81.572(2) ° , γ = 65.340(3) ° , and V = 1889.61(10)Å 3 . The R 1 [ I > 2 σ ( I )] and wR 2 (all data) values were 0.0556 and 0.1515, respectively, for all 19173 independent reflections. The structure of the complex cation can be approximated as the S 6 symmetry, but the cations are compressed due to the crystal packing.