Abstract
The title compound, [FeCl(3)(C(12)H(18)N(4))]·0.5CH(3)OH, contains an Fe(III) ion in a distorted octa-hedral coordination environment. The neutral N,N',N''-tridentate ligand adopts a fac coordination mode, and chloride ligands lie trans to each of the three coordinated N atoms. In the crystal, the complexes form columns extending parallel to the approximate local threefold axes of the FeN(3)Cl(3) octa-hedra, and the columns are arranged so that the uncoordinated nitrile groups align in an anti-parallel manner and the pyridyl rings form offset face-to-face arrangements [inter-planar separations = 2.95 (1) and 3.11 (1) Å; centroid-centroid distances = 5.31 (1) and 4.92 (1) Å]. The methanol solvent mol-ecule is disordered about a twofold rotation axis.