(12,17-diethoxycarbonyl-2,3,6,7,11,18-hexamethylcorrphycen-ato-kappa N-4)iodoiron(III) chloroform solvate

The title complex, (diethyl 3,4,8,15,19,20-hexamethyl-21,22,23,24-tetraazop entacyclo[16.2.1.1 (2,5).1(7,11).1(14,17)]tetracosa-1(20),2(22),3,5,7,9,11, 13(24),14,16,18-undecaene-9,14-dicarboxylate-kappa (4) N)iodoiron(III) chlo roform solvate, [Fe(C32H32N4 O-4)I]. CHCl3, shows an almost planar arrangem ent of the corrphycene moiety with a slightly distorted trapezoid pyramidal core; the Fe III atom is 0.416 (1) Angstrom from the plane of the C20N4 sy stem. The Fe-N distances are 2.049 (3), 2.044 (3), 2.079 (3) and 2.075 (3) Angstrom. The solvated chloroform forms a C-H . . . O hydrogen bond [C . . . O 3.107 (10) Angstrom] to an adjacent carbonyl O atom. This is the first X-ray structure analysis of a corrphycenatoiron(III) derivative.