Tris(acetonitrile-κN){2,6-bis­[(diphenyl­phosphan­yl)amino]-4-eth­oxy-1,3,5-triazine-κ(3) P,N (1),P′}iron(II) bis­(tetra­fluorido­borate) acetonitrile disolvate

In the title compound, [Fe(CH(3)CN)(3)(C(29)H(27)N(5)OP(2))](BF(4))(2)·2CH(3)CN, the Fe(II) ion is octa­hedrally coordinated by a meridionally chelating tridentate pincer-type PNP ligand derived from 2,6-diamino-4-eth­oxy-1,3,5-triazine and by three acetonitrile mol­ecules. The four Fe—N bond lengths range from 1.9142 (12) to 1.9579 (11) Å, while the Fe—P bonds are 2.2452 (4) and 2.2506 (4) Å [P—Fe—P = 165.523 (14)°], consistent with Fe(II) in a low-spin state. Unlike related Fe PNP complexes based on 2,6-diamino­pyridine, the BF(4) anions are not hydrogen bonded to the two NH groups of the pincer ligand but show instead anion–π inter­actions with the triazine ring and acetonitrile mol­ecules in addition to ten C—H⋯F inter­actions. Most remarkable among these is an anion–π(triazine) inter­action with a short distance of 2.788 (2) Å between one F and the centroid of the π-acidic triazine ring. The corresponding shortest distance between this F atom and a triazine carbon atom is 2.750 (2) Å. The two NH groups of the pincer ligand donate N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds to the triazine N atom of a neighbouring complex and to an uncoordinated acetonitrile mol­ecule. This last mol­ecule is in a side-on head-to-tail association with the second uncoordinated acetonitrile at C⋯N distances of 3.467 (2) and 3.569 (2) Å. In contrast to several related compounds with diamino­pyridine- instead of diamino­triazine-based PNP ligands, the title crystal structure is remarkably well ordered. This suggests that the diamino­triazine moiety exerts notable crystal structure stabilizing effects.