Intramolecular excimer formation in a naphthalene-appended dinuclear iron-oxo complex.

The synthesis, structure, and physical properties of a Heisenberg exchange-coupled cluster containing naphthalene groups are described. [Fe2(O)(O2CCH2C10H7)2(TACN-Me3)2]2+ (3) crystallizes in space group P1 with unit cell parameters a = 12.94(2) A, b = 14.