Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.38, No.3, 424-425, 1999
The first structurally characterized discrete dinuclear mu-cyano hexacyanoferrate complex
Mixed valence complexes containing ferro- and ferricyanide have been known for almost 300 years, but no dinuclear, non-polymeric examples of these complexes have been structurally characterized. Here we report the first such example, comprising ferrocyanide coordinated to a pentaaminecobalt(III) complex. This Fe-II-Co-III complex may be reversibly oxidized to the Fe-III-Co-III analogue.