Crystal Structure of [Tris(o-phenanthroline-[kappa]2N,N')iron(II)]dinitrate Oxalic Acid Pentahydrate [Fe(phen)3](NO3)2·0.5(H2C2O4)·5H2O

The crystal structure of title compound is consisted by layers of complex cation [Fe(phen)3]2+, oxalic acid and water molecules parallel to [01-1] intercalated by sheet for nitrate anions and the remainder of the water molecules. There is extensive hydrogen bonding leading to a three-dimensional network. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic system, spaces group P1 (N[Degree]2), with cell parameters a = 12.661(4)Å, b = 13.045(3)Å, c = 13.444(3)Å, α = 94.90(3)[Degree], β = 117.53(3)[Degree], γ = 101.88(3)[Degree], V = 1884.7(8)Å3, Z = 2, R[I > 2 σ(I)] = 0.0335, wR(F2)[I > 2 σ(I)] = 0.0933.