Syntheses and crystal structures of an organometallic thiosemicarbazone and an organometallic enehydrazide

Reactions of ferrocenoylacetone with thiosemicarbazide and isonicotinic acid hydrazide generate an organometallic thiosemicarbazone 1 and enehydrazide 2, respectively. The complexes 1 and 2, which can be formulated as C₅H₅FeC₅H₄C(O)CH₂C(=NNHCSNH₂)CH₃] and C₅H₅FeC₅H₄C(O)CH=C(NHNHCOC₅H₄N-4)CH₃], have been characterized by elemental analyses, IR, NMR, UV and were structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Complex 1 (C₁₅H₁₇FeN₃OS) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c, with lattice constants: a = 13.939(3) ?, b = 8.2600(17) ?, c = 13.176(3) ?, β = 94.83(3)°, V = 1511.7(6) ?³, Z = 4, D _c = 1.508 g cm⁻³, F(000) = 712, R ₁ = 0.0602, wR ₂ = 0.1526. Two intermolecular hydrogen bonds N–H···S (N···S = 3.356(8) and 3.499(7) ?, N–H···S = 168 and 170°) form a chain in the 010] direction. The intermolecular hydrogen bond C–H···O (C···O = 3.432(10) ?, C–H···O = 151°) leads to a 010] double-chain through each unit cell. The intermolecular hydrogen bond C–H···O (C···O = 3.359(10) ?, C–H···O = 173°) makes the 010] double-chain pack along the c axis to result in a two-dimensional network. Complex 2 (C₂₀H₁₉FeN₃O₂) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c, with lattice constants: a = 14.091(2) ?, b = 10.024(2) ?, c = 13.806(2) ?, β = 112.41(2)°, V = 1802.8(6) ?³, Z = 4, D _c = 1.434 g cm⁻³, F(000) = 808, R ₁ = 0.0576, wR ₂ = 0.1593. The strong intramolecular hydrogen bond N–H···O from the enamine N atom and carbonyl O atom stabilizes the enehydrazide. The intermolecular hydrogen bonds N–H···O and C–H···O (N···O = 2.906(6) ?, N–H···O = 155° C···O = 3.364(6) ?, C–H···O = 153°) generate a 010] chain. The intermolecular hydrogen bond N–H···O (N···O = 2.989(6) ?, N–H···O = 128°) forms a 010] double-chain through each unit cell. The π···π stacking interation involving the pyridyl groups makes the 010] double-chain pack along the c axis to lead to a two-dimensional network.