Synthesis and structure of a novel three-dimensional metal selenite containing multidirectional intersecting double helical chains: [Fe2(H2O)4(SeO3)2]

A novel three-dimensional metal selenite [Fe2(H2O)4(SeO3)2] (1) has been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by the elemental analyses, IR spectrum, TG analysis and the single crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P21/n, with aZ6.5283(13) A ° , bZ8.8754(18) A ° , cZ7.6798(15) A ° , (Z98.82(3)b, VZ439.71(15) A ° 3, and ZZ2. Compounds 1 exhibits interesting three-dimensional structure constructed from {FeO6} octahedra and {SeO3} pyramids linked via the corner- and/or edge-sharing mode. The most interesting structural feature of compound 1 is that the existence of multidirectional intersecting double helical chains in one compound. q 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.