%A Aiju ZHOU, Xin BAO, Mingliang TONG, %T New twisted-saddle dodecanuclear iron(III) clusters with adamantane-like [Fe 4 O 6 ] core %0 Journal Article %D 2009 %J Front. Chem. China %J Frontiers of Chemistry in China %@ 1673-3495 %R 10.1007/s11458-009-0098-4 %P 368-382 %V 4 %N 4 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/fcc/EN/10.1007/s11458-009-0098-4 %8 2009-12-05 %X Reactions of a hexadentate ligand N,N,N’,N’-tetrakis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine (H4edte) with different iron(III) salts in different solvents yielded three new twisted-saddle Fe12 clusters with adamantane-like [Fe4O6] inner core. Preliminary magnetic studies show that strong intracluster anti-ferromagnetic interaction exists in both 1 and 3, generating the ST = 0 spin ground state.