title: Tris(5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2) N,N')iron(II) bis-(tricyano-methanide).
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 = tricyano-methanide). 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 octa-hedral geometry. The crystal structure is stabilized by weak C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds and C N⋯π inter-actions between planar [maximum deviations of 0.024 (3) and 0.015 (3) Å] tcm anions and pyridine rings of dimephen [N2⋯centroid = 3.531 (3) and 3.726 (3) Å; C N⋯centroid = 96.4 (2) and 97.1 (2)°].
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, SK-041 54 Košice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Váhovská
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Potočňák