Crystal structure of {N ¹,N ³-bis[(1-tert-butyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methylidene]-2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine}bis(thiocyanato)iron(II)

Abstract

The unit cell of the title compound, [FeII(NCS)2(C19H32N8)], consists of two charge-neutral complex molecules. In the complex molecule, the tetradentate ligand N 1 ,N 3-bis[(1-tert-butyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methylene]-2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine coordinates to the FeII ion through the N atoms of the 1,2,3-triazole and aldimine groups. Two thiocyanate anions, also coordinated through their N atoms, complete the coordination sphere of the central Fe ion. In the crystal, neighbouring molecules are linked through weak C—H...C/S/N interactions into a three-dimensional network. The intermolecular contacts were quantified using Hirshfeld surface analysis and two-dimensional fingerprint plots, revealing the relative contributions of the contacts to the crystal packing to be H...H 50.8%, H...C/C...H 14.3%, H...S/S...H 20.5% and H...N/N...H 12.1%. The average Fe—N bond distance is 2.170 Å, indicating the high-spin state of the FeII ion, which does not change upon cooling, as demonstrated by low-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements. DFT calculations of energy frameworks at the B3LYP/6–31 G(d,p) theory level were performed to account for the interactions involved in the crystal structure.