Synthesis and crystal structure of (1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2) N,N′)[2-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)phenyl-κ(2) N (2),C (1)]iridium(III) hexa­fluorido­phosphate with an unknown number of solvent mol­ecules

The cationic complex in the title compound, [Ir(C(9)H(7)N(2))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))]PF(6), comprises two phenyl­pyrazole (ppz) cyclo­metallating ligands and one 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ancillary ligand. The asymmetric unit consists of one [Ir(ppz)(2)(phen)](+) cation and one [PF(6)](−) counter-ion. The central Ir(III) ion is six-coordinated by two N atoms and two C atoms from the two ppz ligands as well as by two N atoms from the phen ligand within a distorted octa­hedral C(2)N(4) coordination set. In the crystal structure, the [Ir(ppz)(2)(phen)](+) cations and PF(6) (−) counter-ions are connected with each other through weak inter­molecular C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds. Additional C—H⋯π inter­actions between the rings of neighbouring cations consolidate the three-dimensional network. Electron density associated with additional disordered solvent mol­ecules inside cavities of the structure was removed with the SQUEEZE procedure in PLATON [Spek (2015 ▸). Acta Cryst. C71, 9–18]. The given chemical formula and other crystal data do not take into account the unknown solvent mol­ecule(s). The title compound has a different space-group symmetry (C2/c) from its solvatomorph (P2(1)/c) comprising 1.5CH(2)Cl(2) solvent mol­ecules per ion pair.