Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two Trinuclear Iron(Ⅲ) Carboxylate Complexes: [Fe3(μ3-O)(μ-O2CEt)6(H2O)3]Cl.3H2O and [Fe3(μ3-O)(μ-O2CEt)6Py3]Cl(Py=pyridine)

Two new oxo-centered trinuclear iron complexes Fe3(μ3-O)(μ-O2CEt)6(H2O)3]Cl.3H2O 1 and Fe3(μ3-O)(μ-O2CEt)6Py3]Cl 2 were prepared in non-aqueous solvent and their crystal structures have been determined. Crystal 1 is monoclinic, space group P21/n, a=9.909(3), b=24.467(8), c=14.542(7)(), β=107.85(4)° V=3356(4)()3, Z=4, Mr=765.52, Dc=1.52 g/cm3, μ=14.28 cm-1, F(000)=1588 and R=0.059, Rw=0.071 for 3745 unique reflections with I>3σ(I). Crystal 2 belongs to the monoclinic system with space group C2/c, a=13.750(3), b=18.439(4), c=16.696(3)(), β=93.42(3)°, V=4226(3)()3, Z=4, Mr=894.73, Dc=1.41 g/cm3, μ=11.4 cm-1, F(000)=2322 and R=0.058, Rw=0.062 for 2272 unique reflections with I>3σ(I). The two structures contain the same trimetal framework in which three iron(Ⅲ) atoms form a nearly equilateral triangle with a μ3-oxygen atom in the centre.