Bis(O,O'-diisopropyl dithiophosphato-S,S')(1,10-phenanthroline-N,N')metal(II) complexes with cadmium(II) and iron(II).

The two title compounds, [M(C6H14O2PS2)2(C12H8N2)], where M = CdII and FeII, are isomorphous. Each compound has a crystallographic twofold axis of symmetry through the metal atom and the 1,10-phenanthroline molecule. The central metal atom is coordinated to four S atoms from the two dithiophosphate groups and two N atoms from the 1,10-phenanthroline ligand. The environment of the metal atom is a distorted octahedron.