catena-Poly[(E)-4,4′-(ethene-1,2-di­yl)dipyridinium [[bis­(thio­cyanato-κN)ferrate(II)]-di-μ-thio­cyanato-κ(2) N:S;κ(2) S:N]]

In the title compound, {(C(12)H(12)N(2))[Fe(NCS)(4)]}(n), each Fe(II) cation is coordinated by four N-bonded and two S-bonded thio­cyanate anions in an octa­hedral coordination mode. The asymmetric unit consists of one Fe(II) cation, located on a center of inversion, as well as one protonated (E)-4,4′-(ethene-1,2-di­yl)dipyridinium dication and two thio­cyanate anions in general positions. The crystal structure consists of Fe—(NCS)(2)—Fe chains extending along the a axis, in which two further thio­cyanate anions are only terminally bonded via nitro­gen. Non-coordinating (E)-4,4′-(ethene-1,2-di­yl)dipyrid­inium cations are found between the chains.