The synthesis and detailed characterization of the new spin crossover mononuclear complex [Fe
II(DAPP)(abpt)](ClO
4)
2, where DAPP = [bis(3-aminopropyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine] and abpt = 4-amino-3,5-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole, are reported. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements and Mössbauer spectroscopyhave revealed the occurrence of an abrupt spin transition with a hysteresis loop. The hysteresis width derived frommagnetic susceptibility measurements is 10 K, the transition being centered at
Tc = 171 K for decreasing and
Tc= 181 K for increasing temperatures. The crystal structure was resolved in the high-spin (293 and 183 K) andlow-spin (123 K) states. Both spin-state structures belong to the monoclinic space group
P2
1/
n (
Z = 4). Thethermal spin transition is accompanied by the shortening of the mean Fe-N distances by 0.177 Å. The two mainstructural characteristics of [Fe(DAPP)(abpt)](ClO
4)
2 are a branched network of intermolecular links in the crystallattice and the occurrence of two types of order-disorder transitions (in the DAPP ligand and in the perchlorateanions) accompanying the thermal spin change. These features are discussed relative to the magnetic propertiesof the complex. The electronic structure calculations show that the structural disorder in the DAPP ligand modulatesthe energy gap between the HS and LS states. In line with previous studies, the order-disorder phenomena andthe spin transition in [Fe(DAPP)(abpt)](ClO
4)
2 are found to be interrelated.