Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m830  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809023939 ]

(4'-Ferrocenyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-³N¹,N^1',N^1'')(1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')zinc(II) bis(perchlorate) acetonitrile monosolvate

S.-P. Tang, D.-Z. Kuang and Y.-L. Feng

Abstract: In the title complex, [FeZn(C₅H₅)(C₂₀H₁₄N₃)(C₁₂H₈N₂)](ClO₄)₂·CH₃CN, the Zn^II atom is five-coordinated by a tridentate chelating 4'-ferrocenyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (fctpy) ligand and a bidentate chelating 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligand in a distorted square-pyramidal environment with a phen N atom located at the apical position [Zn-N = 2.259 (4) Å]. The terpyridyl motif in each fctpy ligand is coplanar, but the cyclopentadienyl ring is twisted by 9.5 (2)° out of coplanarity with each central pyridine. The two cyclopentadienyl rings of the ferrocenyl group are almost eclipsed with a deviation of 4.5 (1)°. In addition, intermolecular - interactions [centroid-centroid distance 3.753 (2) Å] are present between the cyclopentadienyl and outer pyridyl rings of the fctpy ligands. One of the perchlorate anions is equally disordered over two positions.

Online 27 June 2009

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