What is the product of this reaction?

[Juandro]

I need to know the product of the reaction of triethylamine + FeCl3, I found this example with aniline.

3 C6H5NH2 + FeCl3 = (C6H5NH)3Fe + 3HCl

But I don't know if that is right and I how would it be with triethylamine being a tertiary amine

[Elite Engineer]

thinking maybe, if the nitrogen in triethylamine was protonated, it would be + charged, facilitating a chloride atom from FeCl3 to bind to the + nitrogen...I guess that's a start..

[BabcockHall]

If the nitrogen were protonated, it would not have a lone pair of electrons to coordinate to the iron ion.

[John Cuthber]

In the presence of water you would get what's loosely described as Fe(OH)₃ and the hydrochloride of the amine.

 

In the absence of water My guess would be some sort of complex of the amine and the Fe(III) ion as the chloride

Maybe [Fe(C₆H₁₅N)3] Cl₃