Crystal and Molecular Structure of Bis(pyridine)N,N′-o-phenylen-bis[2-cyan-2-ethoxycarbonyl-vinyl-amido(–)]-iron(II)-Pyridine

The crystal and molecular structure of bis(pyridine)N,N′-o-phenylen-bis[2-cyan-2-ethoxycarbonyl-vinyl-amido(–)]iron(II)-pyridine were determined by X-ray structure analysis. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P 2₁/c with cell parameters a = 9.866(23), b = 19.491(46), c = 16.992(22) Å, and β = 95.19(1)°. The structure was solved by the heavy atom method and refined to R = 0.125. The coordination geometry around the iron atom is octahedrally distorted with the two pyridine molecules in the axial positions.