Giant anisotropy of magnetic properties of hydrated iron fluoridotitanate single crystal

•We have synthesized high-quality single crystals of the FeTiF6 ‧ 6 H2O.•Magnetic properties investigation of the FeTiF6 ‧ 6 H2O single crystal has shown that this compound is a two-dimensional antiferromagnet with a N é еl temperature of TN = 8 K.•We observed giant easy-axis magnetic anisotropy with the value of 7000%. Study of the magnetic properties of the FeTiF6 ‧ 6 H2O single crystal has shown that this compound is a two-dimensional antiferromagnet with a N é еl temperature of TN = 8 K and its magnetic moment anisotropy attains 7000% at a temperature of T = 4.2 K. The Mössbauer spectroscopy data unambiguously indicate the paramagnetic state of iron cations in the temperature range of 4.2–300 K. However, a sharp change in the difference between the quadrupole doublet linewidths at 10 K has been observed, which is consistent with the temperature of magnetic ordering. It has been suggested that the long-range magnetic order is established in the crystal through the formation of the exchange coupling revealed by the electron spin resonance measurements on the oriented single crystals.