Hydrogen bonding in ferrocene derivatives: crystal structure of racemic ferrocenyl(phenyl)methanol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(94)87015-2

A single-cristal X-ray diffraction study has been carried out on racemic ferrocenyl(phenyl)methanol.There are two independent chiral molecules A and B in the asymmetric unit, and the molecules are linked by OH...O hydrogen bonds into zigzag chains characterized by the motif -S(A)-R(B)-R(A)-S(B)-; within these chains the two independent hydrogen-bonded O...O distances are 3.059(2) and 3.150(2) Angstroem.Key words: Ferrocene; Hydrogen bonding; Crystal structure