title: Aqua(nitrilotriacetato)(1,10-phenanthroline)iron(III) monohydrate: a seven-coordinate iron(III) complex.
abstract: Reaction of 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) with iron trichloride in the presence of sodium nitrilotriacetate (NTA) resulted in the formation of red crystals of the title complex, [Fe(C6H6NO6)(C12H8N2)(H2O)]*H2O. The Fe atom has a distorted capped trigonal prismatic coordination comprised of one tetradentate NTA, one bidentate phen molecule and a water molecule. Intermolecular O-H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into infinite chains. The chains are crosslinked by hydrogen bonds involving the solvent water molecule, leading to an infinite ladder packing mode.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Singapore. cvefyy@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Yaoyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Say-Leong
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: Jiangyong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Wun-Jern
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Ng