Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Chiral Ferrocenylimine Alcohol

Abstract

Two chiral ferrocenylimine alcohol 5(5a, 5b) were designed and prepared, and 5b was determined by X-ray crystallography. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that the molecular structure of compound 5b is enantiomerically pure. The crystal belongs to monoclinic, space group C2, with unit cell parameters a = 24.124(5) Å, b = 8.9923(18) Å, c = 6.6417(13) Å, V = 1433.6(5) Å ³ , D _x = 1.381 g cm⁻³, Z = 4, T = 113(2)K, F(000) = 628, R ₁ = 0.0335 and wR ₂ = 0.0707. Absolute structure parameter is −0.010(19).

Keywords:

• chirality
• crystal structure
• imine
• ferrocenylimine alcohol
• synthesis

Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by discipline improvement fund of Hebei University of Science & Technology and the foundmental research fund of Hebei University of Science & Technology.