Crystal structure of diaquabis(4-cyanopyridine-κN)bis(thiocyanato-κN)iron(II) 4-cyanopyridine disolvate
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Fe(NCS)2(C6H4N2)2(H2O)2]·2C6H4N2, comprises one FeIIcation occupying an inversion centre as well as one thiocyanate anion, one water molecule and two 4-cyanopyridine molecules in general positions. The iron cations are coordinated by two N-bonded thiocyanate anions, two (pyridine)N-bonded 4-cyanopyridine ligands and two water molecules into discrete complexes. The resulting coordination polyhedron can be described as a slightly distorted octahedron. The discrete complexes are connected through centrosymmetric pairs of (pyridine)C—H...N(cyano) hydrogen bonds into chains that are further linked into a three-dimensional network through intermolecular O—H...N hydrogen bonds involving the 4-cyanopyridine solvent molecules.