Crystal structure of (N 1,N 3-bis{[1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl]methylidene}-2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine)bis(thiocyanato)iron(II)

Abstract

The unit cell of the title compound, [FeII(NCS)2(C29H32N8O2)], consists of eight charge-neutral complex molecules. In the complex molecule, the tetradentate ligand N 1,N 3-bis{[1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl]methylene}-2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine coordinates to the FeII ion through the N atoms of the 1,2,3-triazole and aldimine groups. Two thiocyanate anions, coordinated through their N atoms, complete the coordination sphere of the central Fe ion. In the crystal, neighbouring molecules are linked through weak C...C, C...N and C...S interactions into a one-dimensional chain running parallel to [010]. The intermolecular contacts were quantified using Hirshfeld surface analysis and two-dimensional fingerprint plots, revealing the relative contributions of the contacts to the crystal packing to be H...H (37.5%), H...C/C...H (24.7%), H...S/S...H (15.7%) and H...N/N...H (11.7%). The average Fe—N bond distance is 2.167 Å, indicating the high-spin state of the FeII ion, which does not change upon cooling, as demonstrated by low-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements.