| Abstract: | Complexes of FeI2 and FeI3 with Tetramethylurea [FeI2(OC(NMe2)2)2] ( 1 , [Fe2I4(OC(NMe2)2)2] ( 2 ), and [FeI3(OC(NMe2)2] ( 3 ) were prepared by the reaction of FeI2 and FeI2/iodine, respectively, with tetramethylurea. The structures of 1 and 3 were determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data. 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1 , with a = 809.9(1), b = 923.2(1), c = 1 374.6(1) pm, α = 106.80(1), β = 90.47(1), γ = 101.55(1)°; Z = 2; R = 0.045., 3 : monoclinic, P21/c, a = 1 311.4(1), b = 783.3(1), c = 1 409.1(1) pm, β = 97.36(1)°; Z = 4; R = 0.047. 1 and 3 are isolated neutral complexes with distorted tetrahedral coordination of iron. 3 is the first FeI3-complex with an O-donor ligand. The IR-spectra exhibit strong shifts of n?C = O and n?asC—N of tetramethylurea especially on coordinating to FeI3. |
