Dichloro(dimethylformamide)[2-hydroxy-5-nitro-N-(8-quinolyl)salicylaldiminato]iron(III)

Abstract

In the title complex, [FeCl2(C16H10N3O3)(C3H7NO)], the FeIII ion is in an octahedral environment, with the equatorial plane being defined by the two N and one O atoms of the tridentate ligand 2-hydroxy-5-nitro-N-(8-quinolyl)­salicyl­ald­imine, and a chlorine, the octahedron being completed by the other chlorine and a di­methyl­form­amide (DMF) O atom in axial positions. Non-classical hydrogen bonds between 8-amino­quinolyl C—H groups and nitro O and Cl atoms of neighbouring mol­ecules generate a layered hydrogen-bonded network.