Synthesis and Structure of Novel Hexanuclear Iron(III) Complexes with μ-Hydroxo-bis(μ-amino acid-O,O′)diiron Cores

Novel hexanuclear iron(III) complexes with Fe2(μ-OH)(μ-RCOO)2 moiety in the molecule (where RCOO is an amphoteric ion of β-alanine (1) or glycylglycine) have been prepared. The crystal structure of 1 consists of two μ-hydroxo-bis(μ-β-alanine-O,O′)diiron(III) cores and two iron(III) ions bridged by μ-oxo ions at each iron(III) site in the cores.

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