Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Cyano-bridged Bimetallic Complex:[NdFe（CN）6（DMF）4（H2O）3]H2O

A new bimetallic cyano-bridged complex, [NdFe(CN)6(DMF)4(H2O)3]H2O (DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide) 1, has been obtained by the reaction of hexacyanoferrate potassium with neodymium (Ⅲ) chloride in H2O/EtOH/DMF (volume ratio: 2:2:1), and its structure was determined by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound crystallizes in space group P21/n of monoclinic system with cell parameters: a = 17.646(1), b = 8.9011(3), c = 19.945(1) ? b = 95.835(2)? V = 3116.6(3) ?, Z = 4, Dc = 1.536 g/cm3, Mr = 720.66, F(000) = 1456, m = 2.166 mm-1, R = 0.0386, wR = 0.1120 and S = 1.061. The central Nd (Ⅲ) ion is coordinated by seven oxygen atoms of four DMF molecules and three water molecules and one nitrogen atom of the bridging cyanide in a slightly distorted square-antiprism arrangement, and the Fe (Ⅲ) ion is in an almost octahedral environment coordinated to six cyano-ligands, of which one cyanide ligand bridges the Nd (Ⅲ) ion to form a bimetallic complex. Molecules of complexes in the crystal lattice are held together by hydrogen bonding, forming a three-dimensional framework.