Bis(μ-3,5-di-2-pyridyl-1,2,4-triazolato-κ4N1,N5:N2,N3)bis[(methanol-κO)(thiocyanato-κN)iron(II)]

In the title centrosymmetric dinuclear iron(II) compound, [Fe-2(C12H8N5)(2)(NCS)(2)(CH4O)(2)], the deprotonated 3,5-di-2-pyridyl-1,2,4-triazole ligand uses a pair of N-pyridyl/N-triazolyl atoms to chelate one metal atom and the other pair of N-pyridyl/N-triazolyl atoms to chelate the other metal atom. Each Fe atom is octahedrally coordinated by four N atoms surrounding the metal center in a square-planar environment. Above and below this plane are located the N atom of the thiocyanate anion and the O atom of the methanol molecule. Intermolecular O-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bonding gives rise to a layer motif.