Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two Ferrocenyl Dicarboximides

Abstract  

Reactions of 1,1′-ferrocenedicarboxylic chloride with 2-aminopyrimidine and 2-aminopyrazine produce organometallic dicarboximides I and II, respectively. They crystallize in space groups F dd2 and P2₁/c, respectively. The molecules of I lying on twofold rotation axes are linked into a B-faced sheet by a C–H···O=C hydrogen bond [H····O = 2.46, C···O = 3.163(7) ? and C–H···O = 132°]. The sheets are linked into a layered structure by two types of weak C–H···O=C hydrogen bonds [H···O = 2.71, C···O = 3.340(8) ? and C–H···O = 126°; H···O = 2.69, C···O = 3.303(10) ? and C–H···O = 124°]. The molecules of II are linked into a centrosymmetric R ₂²(12) dimer by a C–H···O hydrogen bond [H···O = 2.40, C···O = 3.321(10) ? and C–H···O = 172°]. The dimers are further packed along the a axis by a C–H···O hydrogen bond [H···O = 2.69, C···O = 3.416(9) ? and C–H···O = 135°] to give an [100] double-chain. The double-chain is packed in the [010] direction by a C–H···O=C hydrogen bond [H···O = 2.69, C···O = 3.532(9) ? and C–H···O = 150°]. Further the intermolecular C–H···N hydrogen bond involving the cyclopentadienyl group as a hydrogen-bond donor and pyrazine N atom as an acceptor [H···O = 2.71, C···N = 3.536(10) ? and C–H···N = 148°] leads to a three-dimensional framework structure.