Hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of a DyIII-FeIII heteronuclear complex

A new 3d-4f heteronuclear complex [Fe(phen)3]2[FeDy(H2O)(tiron)3]·6H2O (1, Na2H2tiron=disodium 4,5-dihydro-xybenzene-1,3-disulfonate) was synthesized by the hydrothermal reaction. The complex crystallized in the cubic system, space group P213 with the cell parameters: a=2.18786(14) nm, V=10.4727(12) nm3, Z=4, F(000)=4720, R1=0.0493, wR2=0.1165, S=1.05. In each [FeDy(H2O)(tiron)3]6- unit, it was revealed that the Fe3+ ion was in a FeO6 distorted trigonal anti-prism coordination polyhedron completed by six phenolate O atoms from three tiron4- ligands, while Dy3+ in a DyO7 distorted monocapped trigonal anti-prism coordination polyhedron completed by three phenolate μ2-O atoms and three O atoms from sulfonate groups of three ligands and one O atom from water. The magnetic properties of the complex was determined in the range of 2–300 K, indicating the antiferromagnetic interaction between the central DyIII-FeIII ions.