Alcoholysis of [Fe2(OtBu)6] as a simple route to new iron(III)-alkoxo compounds:: Synthesis and crystal structures of [Fe2(Otamyl)6], [Fe5OCl(OiPr)12], [Fe5O(OiPr)13], [Fe5O(OiBu)13], [Fe5O(OCH2CF3)13], [Fe5O(OnPr)13], and [Fe9O3(OnPr)21]•nPrOH

New alkoxo-iron compounds can be synthesized easily by alcoholysis of [Fe-2((OBu)-Bu-t)(6)] (1). Due to different bulkyness of the alcohols used, three different structure types are formed: [Fe-2(OR)(6)], [Fe5O(OR)(13)] and [Fe9O3(OR)(21)]center dot ROH. We report synthesis and crystal structures of the compounds [Fe5OCl((OPr)-Pr-i)(12)] (2), [Fe-2(O'Amyl)(6)] (3), [Fe5O((OPr)-Pr-i)(13)] (4), [Fe5O((OBu)-Bu-i)(13)] (5), [Fe5O(OCH2CF3)(13)] (6), [Fe9O3((OPr)-Pr-n)(21)] center dot (PrOH)-Pr-n (7) and [Fe5O((OPr)-Pr-n)(13)] (8) Crystallographic Data., 2, tetragonal, P 4/n, a = 16.070(5) angstrom, c = 9.831(5) angstrom, V = 2539(2) angstrom(3), Z = 2, d(c) = 1.360 gcm(-3), R-I = 0.0636; 3, monoclinic, P 2(1)/c, a = 10.591(5) angstrom, b = 10.654(4) angstrom, c = 16.740(7) angstrom, beta = 104.87(2)degrees, V = 1826(2) angstrom(3), Z = 2, d(c) = 1.154 gcm(-3), R-I = 0.0756; 4, triclinic, P (1) over bar, a = 20.640(3) angstrom, b = 21.383(3) angstrom, = 21.537(3) angstrom, alpha = 82.37(1)degrees, beta = 73.15(1)degrees, gamma = 61.75(1)degrees, V = 80 13(2) angstrom(3), Z = 6, d(c) = 1.322 gcm(-3), R-I = 0.0412; 5, tetragonal, P 4ce, a = 13.612(5) angstrom, c = 36.853(5) angstrom, V = 6828(4) angstrom(3), Z = 4, d(c) = 1.079 gcm(-3), R-I = 0.0609; 6, triclinic, P (1) over bar, a = 12.039(2) angstrom, b = 12.673(3) angstrom, c = 19.600(4) angstrom, alpha = 93.60(1)degrees, beta = 97.02(1)degrees, gamma = 117.83(1)degrees, V = 2600(2) angstrom(3), Z = 2, d(c) = 2.022 gcm(-3), R-I = 0.0585; 7, triclinic, P (1) over bar, a = 12.989(3) angstrom, b = 16.750(4) angstrom, c = 21.644(5) angstrom, alpha = 84.69(1)degrees, 86.20(1)degrees, gamma = 77.68(1)degrees, V = 4576(2) angstrom(3), Z = 2, d(c) = 1.344 gcm(-3) R-I = 0.0778; 8, triclinic, P (1) over bar, a = 12.597(5) angstrom, b = 12.764(5) angstrom, c = 16.727(7) angstrom, alpha = 91.94(1)degrees, beta = 95.61 (1)degrees, gamma = 93.24(2)degrees, V = 2670(2) angstrom(3), Z = 2, d(c) = 1.323 gcm(-3), R-I = 0.0594.