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Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Dodecanuclear Twisted-Ring Iron(III) Cluster
Andrea Caneschi1, Andrea Cornia2, Antonio C Fabretti2
1Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Firenze, via Maragliano 75/77, I-50144 Firenze (Italy), Fax: (+39) 055-354845.
Abstract:
An unprecedented nonplanar structure characterizes the complex [Fe(OCH3 )2 (dbm)]12 (on the left in the picture), which contains the largest cyclic ferric cluster yet reported with chemically equivalent bridging units. It is made up of twelve high-spin, antiferromagnetically coupled iron(III) centers and neatly reacts with NaI or LiI templates in organic solution to give hexairon(III) coronates (right). Fe=•, O=○, NaI or LiI=• Hdbm=dibenzoylmethane.
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