An inter-penetrating primitive cubic net formed by hydrogen bonds and coordination bonds in catena-poly[[bis-(methanol-κO)bis-(thio-cyanato- κN)iron(II)] -μ 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl-methylene)hydrazine- κ² N:N′]

Journal article, 2008

In the title compound, [Fe(NCS)2(C12H10N4)(CH4O)2] n , at 153 (2) K, the Fe atom is located on an inversion centre, as is the centre of the N - N bond in the ligand mol-ecule. The structure contains a one-dimensional coordination polymer with an Fe⋯Fe distance of 15.866 (7) Å and can be described as two inter-penetrating six-connected primitive cubic (pcu) three-dimensional networks when additional inter-molecular O - H⋯S hydrogen bonds are taken into account. The compound is not isostructural with the corresponding Mn II compound as they differ in the rotation around the M - O bond by 90°, giving rise to completely different hydrogen-bond patterns. This study demonstrates the impact of conformational differences on the final supramolecular arrangement.