title: Tris[μ-2,2'-(azinodimethylidyne)diphenolato-κO,N:N',O']diiron(III) tetra-hydro-furan tetra-solvate.
abstract: In the title binuclear iron(III) complex, [Fe(2)(C(14)H(10)N(2)O(2))(3)]·4C(4)H(8)O or [Fe(2)(salda)(3)]·4THF [H(2)salda = 2,2'-(azinidimethyl-ene)diphenolate and THF is tetra-hydro-furan], the ligand possesses a rotationally flexible single N-N bond. Three dinucleating O,N:N',O'-donor ligands provide three diazine (=N-N=) bridges between the metal ions, yielding a binuclear triple helicate structure with crystallographic C(2) symmetry, the rotation axis bis-ecting one N-N bond.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Science, Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering Laboratory of the Education Ministry, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jinglin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Binsheng
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang