Preparation and characterization of homoleptic and ethoxy-bridged nitronato iron(III) complexes

Iron(III) chloride reacts with potassium 2-propanenitronate to give the homoleptic tris(2-propanenitronato-O,O)iron(III) complex which in ethanol transfoms to an ethoxy-bridged diiron(III) 2-propanenitronate complex.