Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2002, 67, 228-234
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20020228

[(Dimethylamino)methyl]ferrocene as an Amine Ligand: Study of the Bonding and X-Ray Crystal and Molecular Structure of the Pentacarbonyl{[(dimethylamino)methyl]ferrocene}tungsten Complex

Axel Fischera, Frank T. Edelmanna, Klaus Jacobb, Ivan Pavlíkc,d,* and Martin Pavlištad

a Department of Chemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Universitäts-Platz 2, D-39333 Magdeburg, Germany
b Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Geusaer Str. 88, D-06217 Merseburg, Germany
c Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, CZ-53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic
d Research Centre New Inorganic Compounds and Advanced Materials, University of Pardubice, CZ-53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic

Abstract

The heterodinuclear complex [W(CO)5(Me2NCH2Fc)] (Fc = ferrocenyl) (1) resulting from the reaction of [(dimethylamino)methyl]ferrocene (2) and [W(CO)6] was studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Its molecular structure confirms the coordination of the amine nitrogen in 2 to tungsten (d(W-N) = 2.359(5) Å) and reveals its trans-influence in the W(CO)5 moiety. The structure is discussed in relation to several previously referred spectroscopic (IR, UV-VIS, 13C NMR) data.

Keywords: [(Dimethylamino)methyl]ferrocene; Ferrocenes; Carbonyl complexes; Tungsten; Heterodinuclear complex; X-Ray diffraction; Bonding properties; Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy.

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