A new unsymmetrical dinucleating ligand and its first FeIIIZnII complex: Structure and solid state properties of an unexpected tetranuclear Fe2IIIZn2II complex containing the [FeIII(μ-OH)2FeIII] structural motif

Presented here is a synthetic route for the obtention of a new class of tetranuclear complexes in which the {FeIII(μ-OH)2FeIII} and {FeIII(μ-phenoxo)ZnII} structural units are simultaneously present in the same cationic framework stabilized by a dinucleating ligand and intramolecular H-bonds.