Crystal structure of tetrakis[μ2-2-(dimethylamino)ethanolato-κ3N,O:O]di-μ3-hydroxido-dithiocyanato-κ2N-dichromium(III)dilead(II) dithiocyanate acetonitrile monosolvate

The tetranuclear complex cation of the title compound, [Cr2Pb2(NCS)2(OH)2(C4H10NO)4](SCN)2·CH3CN, lies on an inversion centre. The main structural feature of the cation is a distorted seco-norcubane Pb2Cr2O6 cage with a central four-membered Cr2O2 ring. The CrIII ion is coordinated in a distorted octahedron, which involves two N atoms of one bidentate ligand and one thiocyanate anion, two μ2-O atoms of 2-(dimethylamino)ethanolate ligands and two μ3-O atoms of hydroxide ions. The coordination geometry of the PbII ion is a distorted disphenoid, which involves one N atom, two μ2-O atoms and one μ3-O atom. In addition, weak Pb...S interactions involving the coordinating and non-coordinating thiocyanate anions are observed. In the crystal, the complex cations are linked through the thiocyanate anions via the Pb...S interactions and O—H...N hydrogen bonds into chains along the c axis. The chains are further linked together via S...S contacts. The contribution of the disordered solvent acetonitrile molecule was removed with the SQUEEZE [Spek (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 9–18] procedure in PLATON. The solvent is included in the reported molecular formula, weight and density