title: μ-Aqua-bis-(μ-4-methyl-benzoato-κO:O')bis-[(4-methyl-benzoato-κO)(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')iron(II)].
abstract: In the title binuclear complex, [Fe(2)(C(8)H(7)O(2))(4)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)], the Fe(II) ion is six-coordinated by three carboxylate O atoms from three 4-methyl-benzoate ligands, two N atoms from two 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and one bridging aqua ligand in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The coordinated water mol-ecule acting as the bridging ligand is located on a twofold axes and the complex mol-ecule displays C(2) mol-ecular symmetry. The Fe⋯Fe separation in the binuclear complex is 3.490 (3) Å. The crystal structure is stabilized by hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking inter-actions [the centroid-centroid distance between adjacent 1,10-phenanthroline ring systems is 3.653 (2) Å, and that between the 1,10-phenanthroline ring system and the phenyl ring of the 4-methyl-benzoate unit of a neighbouring complex is 3.622 (3) Å].
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Sun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feng