Abstract
The product of reaction of ferrocene with iron(
III
) chloride, previously formulated as ferrocenium trichloroferrate(
II
), [Fe
III
(η-C
5
H
5
)
2
][Fe
II
Cl
3
], is shown to be the µ-oxo compound [Fe
III
(η-C
5
H
5
)
2
]
2
[(Fe
III
Cl
3
)
2
O].