metal-organic compounds
9.36 (11), 8.79 (17), 1.97 (14) and 6.33 (11)ꢀ, respectively.
Apart from slight twisting, no ring bending occurs along the
long molecular axis as a result of steric effects; this situation is
in contrast to that found in 2-(ferrocenyl)thiophene-3-
carboxylic acid (Gallagher et al., 2001), where signi®cant
bending from linearity occurs in the thienyl ring relative to the
ꢀ5-C5H4 ring to which it is bonded.
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C23B/C24B = 2.005 (4)/2.023 (5) A]. These FeÐC C atoms
2
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have the largest Ueq values, cf. 0.0785 (17) and 0.0733 (15) A
2
versus an average Ueq of 0.043 A for all 48 C atoms present
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(Spek, 2002); however, no disorder is present and the bond-
length contraction must be a result of a small measure of
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librational motion and ring slippage (0.06 A). The FeÁ Á ÁCg1/
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Cg2 distances are 1.6407 (17) and 1.6450 (18) A in A, and
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Methyl 2-[(ferrocenylcarbonyl)amino]thiophene-3-carboxyl-
ate, (C5H5)Fe(C5H4)±(CONH)±(C4H2S)±(CO2Me), (III)
(Alley et al., 2005), differs from (I) in that it does not have the
1,4-phenylene C6H4 ring between the C5H4 and CONH
groups. Geometric data are comparable in the two structures,
1.6400 (17) and 1.644 (2) A in B, the Cg1Á Á ÁFe1Á Á ÁCg2 angles
are 178.76 (9) and 178.96 (10)ꢀ, and both C5/C5 interplanar
angles are 1.6 (3)ꢀ [Cg1 and Cg2 are de®ned as for (I) above].
The ꢀ5C5 rings deviate from eclipsed geometry, with ®ve
C1nÁ Á ÁCg1Á Á ÁCg2Á Á ÁC2n (n = 1±5) pseudo-torsion angles
ranging from 13.5 (3) to 14.5 (3)ꢀ in A and from 5.7 (3) to
7.3 (3)ꢀ in B, in the same sense as in A.
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with maximum differences within 0.01 A and 2 for the
amidothiophenecarboxylate residues. The CÐSÐC and SÐ
CÐN(H) angles are 90.98 (10) and 123.58 (15)ꢀ in (I), and
90.93 (11) and 123.54 (16)ꢀ in (III); the Cambridge Structural
Database (CSD; Version 5.26 of February 2005; Allen, 2002)
average for thiophene CÐSÐC angles is 92.0ꢀ (range 88.7±
97.9ꢀ). For SÐC Ccarboxy angles, the average is 111.4ꢀ (range
105.5±113.9ꢀ); the equivalent S1ÐC2 C3 angles in (I) and
(III) are 111.89 (15) and 111.94 (15)ꢀ, respectively (Allen,
2002). CSD analysis shows that both (I) and (III) have regular
amidothiophenecarboxylate moieties.
A minor conformational difference between molecules A
and B is in the orientation of the FcÐC6H4± moiety with
respect to the CONH±(thiazolyl)±CO2Et fragment, resulting
in the O1AÐC1AÐC34AÐC33A [171.9 (3)ꢀ] and O1BÐ
C1BÐC34BÐC33B [161.3 (3)ꢀ] torsion angles being signi®-
cantly different. The amidothiazole groups adopt similar
conformations in the two molecules, with NÐH cis to N and
C O cis to S. A search of the CSD for this fragment gave 11
hits all with this same orientation, indicating that this is a
An intramolecular NÐHÁ Á ÁO Cester hydrogen bond
(Table 1) forms a ring in (I), with graph set S(6) (Bernstein et
al., 1995), thus enforcing planarity along the molecular axis;
preferred solid-state conformation. The cis-oriented pairs of
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2.669 (2) and 2.660 (3) A, respectively, and are oriented in a
NÁ Á ÁN and OÁ Á ÁS distances are 2.333 (4) and 2.342 (4) A, and
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the NÁ Á ÁO distance is 2.768 (2) A, slightly longer than the
suitable fashion for bidentate coordination to metal systems.
As found for (I), molecule A contains consecutive ring and
moiety planes that are essentially coplanar along the long
molecular axis; however, in molecule B, the interplanar twists
are larger; for example, the C6H4 and amide O CÐN(H)
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corresponding value [2.727 (2) A] in (III). Molecules of (I)
assemble as one-dimensional chains along the b-axis direction
through CÐHÁ Á ÁO C interactions, as shown in Fig. 2 with
details in Table 1. These generate R12(7) and R32(15) motifs
that, in combination with the S(6) ring, produce a larger
R22(20) ring. Overall, the crystal structure comprises one-
dimensional chains, aggregating via weak C7Ð
H7CÁ Á Áꢁ(thienyl) contacts (H7CÁ Á ÁCg3 = 2.83 A; symmetry
code as in Table 1), which link pairs of screw-axis-related
chains to form a ladder extending along [010]; there are
normal van der Waals separations between pairs of ladders.
Examination of (I) with PLATON (Spek, 2002) reveals no
solvent-accessible voids in the crystal structure and a packing
index of 72.6.
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Compound (II) is the ®rst structurally characterized ferro-
cene derivative containing a thiazole moiety to be reported,
and this compound crystallizes with two molecules (A and B)
in the asymmetric unit of space group P1, as shown in Figs. 3(a)
and 3(b). The conformations of these molecules differ slightly
along their long molecular axes with respect to the orienta-
tions of the amidothiazoleacetate groups, and there is some
minor ethoxy disorder [0.915 (7):0.085 (7)] in molecule A.
Bond lengths and angles are unexceptional and are compar-
able to data available from corresponding fragments available
in the CSD.
In (II), the FeÐC bond lengths for the ꢀ5-C5H4 ring in A are
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in the range 2.031 (4)±2.048 (3) A and are similar to those
5
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[2.033 (3)±2.040 (4) A] for the ꢀ -C5H5 ring. Molecule B has
Figure 2
A view of the hydrogen-bond interactions (dashed lines) in the crystal
structure of (I). [Symmetry codes: (*) x, 1 + y, z; (#) x, 1 + y, z.]
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similar values [2.032 (4)±2.047 (3) A] for the substituted ring
but two contrasting FeÁ Á Áꢀ5-C5H5 bond lengths [i.e. Fe1Ð
ꢁ
m366 Alley et al. [Fe(C5H5)(C20H14NO3S)] and [Fe(C5H5)(C19H17NO3S)]
Acta Cryst. (2005). C61, m365±m369