Crystal structure of paddle-wheel sandwich-type [Cu2{(CH3)2CO}{μ-Fe(η5-C5H4C N)2}3](BF4)2·(CH3)2CO

The mol-ecular structure of (acetone-κO)tris-(μ-ferrocene-1,1'-dicarbo-nitrile-κ(2) N:N')dicopper(I) bis-(tetra-fluorido-borate) acetone monosolvate, [Cu2Fe3(C6H4N)6(C3H6O)](BF4)2·C3H6O, consists of two Cu(I) ions bridged by a ferrocene-1,1'-dicarbo-nitrile moiety in a paddle-wheel-architectured sandwich complex with two BF4 (-) units as counter-ions. One of the latter is equally disordered over two sets of sites. The two Cu(I) ions are complexed in a trigonal-planar manner by three nitrile N-donor atoms. Further inter-actions by the O atom of an acetone mol-ecule to one of the Cu(I) atoms and a weak η(2),π-inter-action of two atoms of a cyclo-penta-dienyl ring to the other Cu(I) atom complete a distorted trigonal-pyramidal environment for each of the metal ions. A further acetone mol-ecule is also present as a solvent mol-ecule. The crystal packing is consolidated by several π-π inter-actions.