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Published on: March 12, 2015
Crystal structure of cyclic tris-(ferrocene-1,1'-di-yl)
Ruslan Shekurov1, Vasili Miluykov1, Olga Kataeva1
1A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Arbuzov Str. 8, 420088 Kazan, Russian Federation.
Abstract:
The mol-ecular structure of the trinuclear title compound, [Fe3(C10H8)3] {systematic name: tris-[μ-(η(5):η(5))-1,1'-bi-cyclo-penta-dien-yl]tri-iron(II)}, consists of three ferrocene subunits (each with an eclipsed conformation) that are condensed via C-C bonds of the fulvalene moieties into a cyclic trimer. The angles between the planes of the cyclo-penta-dienyl (Cp) rings within the three fulvalene moieties are 76.1 (3), 80.9 (3) and 81.7 (3)°. In the crystal, C-H⋯π inter-actions between neighbouring mol-ecules lead to the cohesion of the structure.
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