Solvothermal Synthesis of a Tetradecametallic Fe^III Cluster

Abstract

Solvothermal techniques allow the crystallization of high nuclearity products that are otherwise inaccessible by conventional techniques, directly from the reaction mixture. By this method, the reaction of the triangular species [Fe3O(OAc)6(H2O)3]Cl with benzotriazole (BtaH) produces an [Fe14] cluster (depicted) with a very large spin ground state.