Dimethyl-ammonium tetra-chloridoferrate(III) 18-crown-6 clathrate

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2010 Jun 5;66(Pt 7):m728. doi: 10.1107/S1600536810020192.

Abstract

The reaction of dimethyl-amine hydro-chloride, 18-crown-6 and ferric chloride in ethanol yields the title compound, (C(2)H(8)N)[FeCl(4)]·C(12)H(24)O(6), which exhibits an unusual supramolecular structure. The protonated dimethyl-amine contains one NH(2) (+) group, resulting in a 1:1 supra-molecular rotator-stator structure (CH(3)-NH(2) (+)-CH(3))(18-crown-6), through N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions between the ammonium group of the cation and the O atoms of the crown ether. In the crystal, all three components lie on a common crystallographic mirror plane normal to [010].