Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [K（2,2,2-crypt）]_3Sb_（11）

The title complex [K(2,2,2-crypt)]3Sb11 has been prepared by the reaction of K3Cd2Sb with Cu-C≡CH in ethylenediamine in the presence of 2,2,2-crypt, and characterized by low temperature X-ray structure analysis. The crystal is of orthorhombic system, space group C2221 with a = 15.475(3), b = 22.807(5), c = 24.834(6), V = 8765(3)3, Dc = 1.960 g/cm3, C54H108K3N6O18Sb11, Mr = 2586.01, F(000) = 4944, μ = 3.531 mm-1, Z = 4, R = 0.0442 and wR = 0.1053 for 10265 observed reflections (I > 2σ(I)). The "naked" Sb113- anion is stable due to the completely sequestered alkali metal cations through ion-ion interactions.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a New Iron Complex with Cyclic Water Hexamers [Fe(CDTA)(H_2O)]·[Fe(1,10-phen)_3]·10H_2O·2OH

The title complex [Fe(CDTA)(H2O)]·[Fe(1,10-phen)3]·10H2O·2OH (CDTA = transcyclohexane-1,2-diamine-N,N,N,N′-tetraacetate) has been prepared and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal adopts space group P with a = 12.793(4), b = 14.104(5), c = 17.880(5), V = 2792.2(1)3, Dc = 1.459 g/cm3, C50H66Fe2N8O21, Mr = 1226.81, F(000) = 1284, μ = 0.604 mm-1, Z = 2, R = 0.1055 and wR = 0.2581 for 8675 observed reflections (I > 2σ(I)). X-ray crystallography analysis exhibits that the title compound consists of two crystallographically independent molecules [Fe(CDTA)(H2O)] and [Fe(1,10-phen)3], and they are connected through O-H···O hydrogen bonds and π···π stacking interactions forming a 3D supramolecular structure. Interestingly, there is a cyclic water hexamer with chair conformation in this complex.