Acta Cryst. (2012). E68, m1524-m1525
[ doi:10.1107/S1600536812046880 ]

Tris(5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')iron(II) bis(tricyanomethanide)

L. Váhovská and I. Potocnák

Abstract: The title compound, [Fe(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)₃](C₄N₃)₂, consists of one [Fe(dimephen)₃]²⁺ complex cation (dimephen = 5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) and two uncoordinating tcm anions (tcm = tricyanomethanide). In the complex cation, the Fe^II atom is coordinated by six N atoms from three chelating dimephen ligands at an average Fe-N distance of 1.963 (4) Å giving a distorted octahedral geometry. The crystal structure is stabilized by weak C-HN hydrogen bonds and CN interactions between planar [maximum deviations of 0.024 (3) and 0.015 (3) Å] tcm anions and pyridine rings of dimephen [N2centroid = 3.531 (3) and 3.726 (3) Å; CNcentroid = 96.4 (2) and 97.1 (2)°].

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