Structure and Synthesis
Basic iron acetate forms on treating aqueous solutions of iron(III) sources with acetate salts.
Early work showed that it is trinuclear. The Fe centres are equivalent, each being octahedral, being bound to six oxygen ligands, including a triply bridging oxide at the center of the equilateral triangle. The compound was an early example of a molecular compound of iron that features an oxide ligand. Ignoring its 24 hydrogen centres, the cation has D3h symmetry.
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