A new quinolyl substituted 1,2,4-triazole, 3-（p-methylphenyl）-4-phenyl-5-（2- quinolyl）-1,2,4-triazole （L） and its iron（II） complex cis-[FeLE（NCS）2] （1）, have been successfully synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Both L and 1.Me2CO crystallize in monoclinic system but with different space groups： P21/c for L and C2/c for I.Me2CO. The L molecule is nonplanar and intermolecular C-H...N hydrogen bonds link two L molecules to form a dimer, which is further connected by intermolecular C-H...π interactions to produce 1D chains along the c axis. In complex 1-Me2CO, the iron（II） cation lies in a distorted octahedral environment with two cis-disposed NCS- ions. The L ligand coordinates via one triazole nitrogen and the quinolyl nitrogen. There is an intermolecular offset face-to-face π...π stacking interaction in the crystal packing of 1-Me2CO. 1 is the first complex with a quinolyl substituted 1,2,4-triazole.
