Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.45, No.3, 1168-1172, 2006
Structure of an I-center dot(H2O)(6) anion cluster in a 3D anion crystal host [I center dot(H2O)(6)Fe(CN)(6)center dot H2O](4-)
A planar structure of an anion cluster 1(-.)(H2O)(6) in a 3D supramolecular complex [Ru(bPY)(3)](2)[1(.)(H2O)(6)Fe(CN)6(.)H(2)O] has been determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. In the supramolecule, the anion cluster 1(-.)(H2O)(6), together with the anion [Fe(CN)(6)(H2O)-H-.](2-), acts as a 3D crystal host, and the [Ru(bPY)(3)](2+) cations, as the guest molecules, occupy the vacancies of the 3D host framework. This is the first crystal example of the anion cluster 1(-.)(H2O)(6).