Crystal structure of bis­(1-ethyl-1H-imidazole-κN (3))(5,10,15,20-tetra­phenyl­porphyrinato-κ(4) N)iron(II) tetra­hydro­furan monosolvate

The title complex, [Fe(C(44)H(28)N(4))(C(5)H(8)N(2))(2)]·C(4)H(8)O, possesses inversion symmetry with the iron(II) atom located on a center of symmetry. The metal atom is coordinated in a symmetric octa­hedral geometry by four pyrrole N atoms of the porphyrin ligand in the equatorial plane and two N atoms of 1-ethyl­imidazole ligands in the axial sites; the complex crystallizes with a tetra­hydro­furan solvent mol­ecule. The average Fe—N(p) (N(p) is a porphyrin N atom) bond length is 1.995 (3) Å and the axial Fe—N(Im) (N(Im) is an imidazole N atom) bond length is 1.994 (2) Å. The two 1-ethyl­imidazole ligands are mutually parallel. The dihedral angle between the 1-ethyl­imidazole plane and the plane of the closest Fe—N(p) vector is 24.5°. In the crystal, the only significant inter­molecular inter­actions present are C—H⋯π inter­actions.