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Diaqua-bis-[bis-(pyrazin-2-yl) sulfide-κN (4)]bis-(thio-cyanato-κN)iron(II) monohydrate
Susanne Wöhlert1, Inke Jess, Christian Näther
1Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Max-Eyth-Strasse 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
Abstract:
In the title compound [Fe(NCS)2(C8H6N4S)2(H2O)2]·H2O, the Fe(II) cation is coordinated by two N-bonded thio-cyanate anions, two N (4)-bonded bis-(pyrazin-2-yl) sulfide ligands and two water mol-ecules in an slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry. The Fe(II) cation is located on a center of inversion and the lattice water mol-ecule on a twofold rotation axis. The thio-cyanate anions, the coordinating water mol-ecules and the sulfide ligands occupy general positions. The complex mol-ecules and lattice water mol-ecules are linked into a three-dimensional network by O-H-N and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
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