N,N′-Dibutyl-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethane-1,2-diaminium μ-oxido-bis[trichloridoferrate(III)]

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, (C14H34N2)[Fe2Cl6O], contains one complete cation, two half-cations and two anions. The two half-cations are completed by crystallographic inversion symmetry. The FeIII atoms adopt fairly regular FeCl3O tetrahedral geometries, although the bridging Fe—O—Fe bond angles differ significantly in the two anions, which both adopt an eclipsed conformation. In the crystal, the components are linked by C—H...Cl and C—H...O interactions.