Three new hexanuclear Fe(III) coordination wheels [Fe6Cl6(L1)6]$5(MeCN) (1), [Na0.5Fe6Cl6(L1)6](N3)0.5$4.5(MeCN) (2), and [Fe6Cl6(L2)6]$2(MeCN) (3) have been synthesized with new prepared amino-acetonitrile derivatives 2-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]acetonitrile hydrochloride (H2L1) and 3-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]propanenitrile hydrochloride (H2L2). They were structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. M€oßbauer spectroscopy and magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate dominant antiferromagnetic behavior between the Fe(III) centers.
Kravtsov, V. Ch., Malaestean, I., Stingach, E. P., Duca, G. G., Macaev, F. Z., van Leusen, J., Kögerler, P., Hauser, J., Krämer, K., Decurtins, S., Liu, S.-X., Ghosh, A. C., Garcia, Y., & Baca, S. G. (2018). Hexanuclear Fe(III) wheels functionalized by amino-acetonitrile derivatives. Solid State Sciences, 78, 156-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2018.02.015 (Original work published 2018)