F. Cecconi et al., SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE NOVEL PARAMAGNETIC SELENIUM IRON STELLATED OCTAHEDRAL CLUSTER [FE-6(MU(3)-SE)(8)(PET(3))(6)][PF6]/, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 254(2), 1997, pp. 387-389
The stellated octahedron-like cluster [Fe-6(mu(3)-Se)(8)(PEt(3))(6)][P
F6], obtained by reaction of [Fe(H2O)(6)][BF4](2) with PEt(3) and H2Se
in the presenceof PF6-, has been characterized by a complete X-ray di
ffraction study. Crystal data: space group R (3) over bar, a = 11.779(
4) Angstrom, alpha = 92.32(3)degrees, Z = 1. The inner core of the spe
cies [Fe-6(mu(3)-Se)(8)(PEt(3))(6)](+), which is paramagnetic with a m
agnetic moment of 7.8 mu(B), consists of an octahedron of iron atoms w
ith all the faces symmetrically capped by selenium ligands.