Crystal structure of [{FeCl3}2(μ-PCHP)2] [PCHP = 1,3-bis(2-diphenylphosphanylethyl)-3H-imidazol-1-ium] with an unknown solvent

The crystal structure of the title compound, bis{μ-1,3-bis[2-(diphenylphosphanyl)ethyl]-1H-imidazole-κ2P:P′}bis[trichloridoiron(III)], [Fe2Cl6(C31H31N2P2)2] or [{FeCl3}2(μ-PCHP)2] (PCHP = C31H31N2P2), consists of dinuclear complexes that are located about centres of inversion. The FeIII cation is in a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal coordination with three chloride ligands located in the trigonal plane and two P atoms of symmetry-related PCHP ligands occupying the axial positions. Within the centrosymmetric complex, a pair of intramolecular C—H...Cl hydrogen bonds between aromatic CH groups and chloride ligands are found. Individual complexes are linked into layers parallel to (\overline{1}01) by intermolecular C—H...Cl hydrogen bonds. No pronounced intermolecular interactions occur between these layers. This arrangement leaves space for disordered solvent molecules. Electron density associated with these additional solvent molecules was removed with the SQUEEZE procedure in PLATON [Spek (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 9–18]. The given chemical formula and other crystal data do not take into account the unknown solvent molecule(s).

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