title: Crystal structure of 1-phenyl-imido-1-{6-[1-(phenyl-imino)-eth-yl]pyridin-2-yl}ethan-1-yl-κ3N,N',N'')iron(II).
abstract: The title iron complex, [Fe(C21H19N3)2], consists of an FeIIatom chelated by two tridentate bis-(imino)-pyridine radical anions in a slightly distorted octa-hedral coordination environment. In the solid state, there are two independent half-mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit, and the complete mol-ecular structure is formed by applying twofold rotation symmetry with the twofold rotation axis passing through an Fe atom. In the crystal, the Fe-containing complexes are not involved in any particular direct inter-molecular inter-actions, with the shortest C-HArcontacts between neighboring phenyl groups beingca3.2 Å.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis ave, Chicago, Il 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Ka-Cheong
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis ave, Chicago, Il 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Filatov
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis ave, Chicago, Il 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Jordan
keywords: bis­(imino)­pyridine ligand; crystal structure; iron; pyridine-di­imine; radical anion; redox-active