High-Spin Iron(III) Complex with 2-(2-Imidazolyl)phenolate

were collected by filtration. The crystal data are listed in Table 1. X-ray crystallographic data were collected on a Bruker smart APEX CCD diffractometer at 90 K. The The crystal structure of tris{2-(2-imidazolyl)phenolato}iron(III), which was synthesized by a reaction of Fe(BF 4 ) 2 ·6H 2 O and 2-(2-imidazolyl)phenolate in methanol, was determined by X-ray crystallography. The compound crystallized in the trigonal space group R -3 and Z = 6 with cell parameters a = 15.830(3)Å, c = 19.973(4)Å, V = 4334.4(18)Å 3 . The R 1 [ I > 2 σ ( I )] and wR 2 (all data) values are 0.0385 and 0.1005, respectively, for all 2337 independent reflections. The iron atom is coordinated by three 2-(2-imdazolyl)phenolato ligands in a facial N 3 O 3 configuration, where the solvent methanol molecules are hydrogen-bonded to the phenolato-oxygen atoms.