Poly[tetrakis(μ-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropan-2-olato)iron(II)dipotassium]

Abstract

The title compound, [K2Fe{OCH(CF3)2}4]n, was formed from the reaction of potassium hexafluoroisopropoxide with iron(II) chloride in toluene. The FeIIatom has a highly distorted tetrahedral coordination environment. All four of the non-equivalent hexafluoroisopropoxy O atoms link the FeIIatoms to one of the K+atoms in an alternating chain of Fe—O—K—O fused four-membered rings, with K—Fe distances of 3.715 (2) and 3.717 (2) Å. This K+atom is also bridged to eight of the F atoms. The other K+atom is bonded to only two of the O atoms, but has seven short K...F contacts, one of which links the chains into a three-dimensional arrangement. Weak hydrogen bonding between the lone H atoms on the hexafluoroisopropoxy groups and F atoms is also present. The crystal studied was refined as an inversion twin.