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[Fe(bipy)(CN)4]- as a Versatile Building Block for the Design of Heterometallic Systems:  Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Properties of PPh4[FeIII(bipy)(CN)4]·H2O, [{FeIII(bipy)(CN)4}2MII(H2O)4]·4H2O, and [{FeIII(bipy)(CN)4}2ZnII]·2H2O [bipy = 2,2‘-Bipyridine; M = Mn and Zn]

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The new cyano complexes of formulas PPh4[FeIII(bipy)(CN)4]·H2O (1), [{FeIII(bipy)(CN)4}2MII(H2O)4]·4H2O with M = Mn (2) and Zn (3), and [{FeIII(bipy)(CN)4}2ZnII]·2H2O (4) [bipy = 2,2‘-bipyridine and PPh4 = tetraphenylphosphonium cation] have been synthesized and structurally characterized. The structure of complex 1 is made up of mononuclear [Fe(bipy)(CN)4]- anions, tetraphenyphosphonium cations, and water molecules of crystallization. The iron(III) is hexacoordinated with two nitrogen atoms of a chelating bipy and four carbon atoms of four terminal cyanide groups, building a distorted octahedron around the metal atom. The structure of complexes 2 and 3 consists of neutral centrosymmetric [{FeIII(bipy)(CN)4}2MII(H2O)4] heterotrinuclear units and crystallization water molecules. The [Fe(bipy)(CN)4]- entity of 1 is present in 2 and 3 acting as a monodentate ligand toward M(H2O)4 units [M = Mn(II) (2) and Zn(II) (3)] through one cyanide group, the other three cyanides remaining terminal. Four water molecules...