Bis(triethylammonium) bis(μ-pyrazine-2,3-dithiolato)bis(pyrazine-2,3-dithiolato)diferrate(III) methanol disolvate

In the title compound, (C6H16N)2[Fe2(C4H2N2S2)4]·2CH4O, the [FeIII(pdt)2]− anion (pdt is pyrazine-2,3-dithiolate) forms a centrosymmetric dimer supported by two FeIII—S bonds [Fe—S = 2.4787 (4) Å]. In the crystal structure, dimers form a one-dimensional stack along the b axis via π–π stacking interactions, the interplanar separation between adjacent dimers being 3.51 (2) Å. The methanol solvent molecule is involved in two hydrogen bonds in which the hydroxyl group acts as a hydrogen-bond donor to the N atom of a pdt ligand and the O atom acts as an acceptor for the NH group of the triethylammonium cation.

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