title: (4'-Ferrocenyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-κN,N,N)(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')zinc(II) bis-(perchlorate) acetonitrile monosolvate.
abstract: In the title complex, [FeZn(C(5)H(5))(C(20)H(14)N(3))(C(12)H(8)N(2))](ClO(4))(2)·CH(3)CN, 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 cyclo-penta-dienyl ring is twisted by 9.5 (2)° out of coplanarity with each central pyridine. The two cyclo-penta-dienyl rings of the ferrocenyl group are almost eclipsed with a deviation of 4.5 (1)°. In addition, inter-molecular π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance 3.753 (2) Å] are present between the cyclo-penta-dienyl and outer pyridyl rings of the fctpy ligands. One of the perchlorate anions is equally disordered over two positions.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Functional Organometallic Materials, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang, Hunan 421008, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Si-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Dai-Zhi
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Yong-Lan
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Feng