Ar. Parise et al., The crystal and molecular structure of sodium pentacyanoammineferrate(II) heptahydrate. Role of intermolecular hydrogen-bond interactions, INORG CHIM, 319(1-2), 2001, pp. 199-202
The crystal and molecular structures of sodium pentacyanoammineferrate(II)
heptahydrate have been determined by X-ray diffraction. The Fe-N distance i
s longer than in the analogous iron(III) complex by 0.06 Angstrom; the Fe-C
and C-N distances are similar to those for the hexacyanoferrate(II) specie
s, although with a significant relative shortening of the trans Fe-C bonds.
The anions display a chain-like arrangement, with interlinking sodium ions
and water molecules H-bonded to cyanide N atoms. By comparing with related
structures of pentacyano-L-ferrate(II) ions (L = NO+, CN-), it results tha
t the binding mode of the L ligand influences strongly both the first- and
second-sphere metal-ligand interactions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All
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