Crystal structures oftrans-dichloridotetrakis[1-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1H-imidazole-κN3]iron(II),trans-dibromidotetrakis[1-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1H-imidazole-κN3]iron(II) andtrans-dibromidotetrakis[1-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1H-imidazole-κN3]iron(II) diethyl ether disolvate
The title compounds, [FeCl2(C15H20N2)4], (I), [FeBr2(C15H20N2)4], (II), and [FeBr2(C15H20N2)4]·2C4H10O, (IIb), respectively, all have triclinic symmetry, with (I) and (II) being isotypic. The FeIIatoms in each of the structures are located on an inversion center. They have octahedral FeX2N4(X= Cl and Br, respectively) coordination spheres with the FeIIatom coordinated by two halide ions in atransarrangement and by the tertiary N atom of four arylimidazole ligands [1-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1H-imidazole] in the equatorial plane. In the two independent ligands, the benzene and imidazole rings are almost normal to one another, with dihedral angles of 88.19 (15) and 79.26 (14)° in (I), 87.0 (3) and 79.2 (3)° in (II), and 84.71 (11) and 80.58 (13)° in (IIb). The imidazole rings of the two independent ligand molecules are inclined to one another by 70.04 (15), 69.3 (3) and 61.55 (12)° in (I), (II) and (IIb), respectively, while the benzene rings are inclined to one another by 82.83 (13), 83.0 (2) and 88.16 (12)°, respectively. The various dihedral angles involving (IIb) differ slightly from those in (I) and (II), probably due to the close proximity of the diethyl ether solvent molecule. There are a number of C—H...halide hydrogen bonds in each molecule involving the CH groups of the imidazole units. In the structures of compounds (I) and (II), molecules are linkedviapairs of C—H...halogen hydrogen bonds, forming chains along theaaxis that encloseR22(12) ring motifs. The chains are linked by C—H...π interactions, forming sheets parallel to (001). In the structure of compound (IIb), molecules are linkedviapairs of C—H...halogen hydrogen bonds, forming chains along thebaxis, and the diethyl ether solvent molecules are attached to the chainsviaC—H...O hydrogen bonds. The chains are linked by C—H...π interactions, forming sheets parallel to (001). In (I) and (II), the methyl groups of an isopropyl group are disordered over two positions [occupancy ratio = 0.727 (13):0.273 (13) and 0.5:0.5, respectively]. In (IIb), one of the ethyl groups of the diethyl ether solvent molecule is disordered over two positions (occupancy ratio = 0.5:0.5).