The title compound, tris(8-quinolinolato-N,O)iron(III)ethanol solvate,
[Fe(C9H6NO)(3)].C2H5OH, has a slightly distorted octahedral coordinat
ion about the central Fe atom which bonds to the N and O atoms of each
of the three 8-hydroxyquinoline ligands. The ethanol solvate molecule
forms a hydrogen bond with the O atom which is least strongly bound t
o Fe. The Fe-O and Fe-N bond distances are in the ranges 1.936(5)-1.99
6(5) and 2.125(6)-2.172(5) Angstrom, respectively.