X-Ray crystal structure of a 4:1 amine complex between phthalocyanineiron(II) and 4-methylpyridine

Abstract

A single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of the molecular complex between Fe^II phthalocyanine and 4-methylpyridine [C₃₂N₈H₁₆Fe(C₆NH₇)₄] shows that two 4-methylpyridine molecules are co-ordinated at an octahedral Fe^II site with an N–Fe bond distance of 2·00 Å and that the other two are free molecules occluded in the structure.