Spontaneous Enantiomorphism in Poly-phased Alkaline Salts of tris(oxalato)ferrate(III): Crystal Structure of Cubic NaRb5[Fe(C2O4)3]2
We show here that the phenomenon of spontaneous resolution of enantiomers occurs during the crystallization of the sodium and rubidium double salts of the transition metal complex tris(oxalato)ferrate(III), namely sodium penta-rubidium bis[tris(oxalate) ferrate (III)], NaRb5[Fe(C2O4)3]2. One enantio...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/101756 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/101756 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Absolute crystal structures Spontaneous resolution of enantiomorphs Sodium and rubidium salt of tris(oxalato)ferrate(III) https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Summary: | We show here that the phenomenon of spontaneous resolution of enantiomers occurs during the crystallization of the sodium and rubidium double salts of the transition metal complex tris(oxalato)ferrate(III), namely sodium penta-rubidium bis[tris(oxalate) ferrate (III)], NaRb5[Fe(C2O4)3]2. One enantiomer of the salt crystallizes in the cubic space group P4332 with Z = 4 and a Flack absolute structure parameter x = -0.01(1) and its chiral counterpart in the space group P4132 with x = -0.00(1). All metal ions are at crystallographic special positions: the Fe(III) ion is on a threefold axis, coordinated by three oxalate dianions in a propeller-like conformation. One of the two independent Rb(I) ions is on a twofold axis in an eightfold coordination with neighboring oxalate oxygen atoms, and the other one on a threefold axis in a sixfold RbO6 coordination. The sodium ion is at a site of D3 point group symmetry in a trigonal-antiprismatic NaO6 coordination. |
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