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A cyclo­octa­trienone complex of diiron hexa­carbon­yl

aDepartment of Chemistry, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: pcorfield@fordham.edu

(Received 24 May 2014; accepted 31 May 2014; online 7 June 2014)

In the title compound, [μ-(2,6,7-η:3,4,5-η)-cycloocta-2,4,6-trienone]bis­(tri­carbonyl­iron)(FeFe), [Fe2(C8H8O)(CO)6], the diiron hexa­carbonyl moiety has a sawhorse arrangement, with the OC—Fe—Fe—CO fragment forming the horizontal bar of the horse, and the other four carbonyl groups the legs. The Fe—Fe distance is 2.795 (2) Å. Each Fe atom is also bonded to three C atoms of the cyclo­octa­trienone ring. One Fe atom forms a σ-bond with one ring C atom, with Fe—C = 2.109 (2) Å, and also a metal–olefin π-bond with two C atoms on the other side of the ring, with Fe—C distances of 2.238 (2) and 2.236 (3) Å. The second Fe atom forms a η3-allyl bond with three other ring atoms, with Fe—C bond lengths of 2.158 (2), 2.062 (2), and 2.123 (3) Å. Counting the π- and π-allyl inter­actions as one bond, the coordinations of the Fe atoms can, respectively, be approximated as octa­hedral and trigonal bipyramidal.

Related literature

The title compound was synthesized as part of a study on reactions of various cyclo­octa­tetra­ene iron carbonyls (Paquette et al., 1975[Paquette, L. A., Ley, S. V., Maiorana, S., Schneider, D. F., Broadhurst, M. J. & Boggs, R. A. (1975). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 95, 4658-4667.]). The first reported synthesis of the compound was by King (1963[King, R. B. (1963). Inorg. Chem. 2, 907-810.]). The structure of the corresponding cyclo­octa­triene complex was reported by Cotton & Edwards (1969[Cotton, F. A. & Edwards, W. T. (1969). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 91, 843-847.]), and that of a closely related derivative by Kerber et al. (1984[Kerber, K. C., Glasser, D. & Luck, B. (1984). Organometallics, 3, 840-845.]), who also review other related structures.

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • [Fe2(C8H8O)(CO)6]

  • Mr = 399.90

  • Triclinic, [P \overline 1]

  • a = 7.729 (8) Å

  • b = 8.258 (8) Å

  • c = 11.927 (11) Å

  • α = 89.172 (16)°

  • β = 83.82 (3)°

  • γ = 74.54 (2)°

  • V = 729.4 (12) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Mo Kα radiation

  • μ = 2.02 mm−1

  • T = 296 K

  • 0.5 × 0.4 × 0.3 mm

Data collection
  • Picker four-circle diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: integration (Busing & Levy, 1957[Busing, W. R. & Levy, H. A. (1957). Acta Cryst. 10, 180-182.]) Tmin = 0.48, Tmax = 0.58

  • 4520 measured reflections

  • 4227 independent reflections

  • 3687 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

  • Rint = 0.019

  • 18 standard reflections every 500 reflections intensity decay: 7.6(1)

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.027

  • wR(F2) = 0.091

  • S = 1.11

  • 4226 reflections

  • 208 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • Δρmax = 0.34 e Å−3

  • Δρmin = −0.49 e Å−3

Data collection: Corfield (1972[Corfield, P. W. R. (1972). Local versions of standard programs, written at Ohio State University.]); cell refinement: Corfield (1972[Corfield, P. W. R. (1972). Local versions of standard programs, written at Ohio State University.]); data reduction: data reduction followed procedures in Corfield et al. (1973[Corfield, P. W. R., Dabrowiak, J. C. & Gore, E. S. (1973). Inorg. Chem. 12, 1734-1740.]), with p = 0.06 [data were averaged with a local version of SORTAV (Blessing, 1989[Blessing, R. H. (1989). J. Appl. Cryst. 22, 396-397.]), and a four-dimensional scaling procedure (XABS2; Parkin et al., 1995[Parkin, S., Moezzi, B. & Hope, H. (1995). J. Appl. Cryst. 28, 53-56.]) was applied]; program(s) used to solve structure: local superposition program (Corfield, 1972[Corfield, P. W. R. (1972). Local versions of standard programs, written at Ohio State University.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: ORTEPIII (Burnett & Johnson, 1996[Burnett, M. N. & Johnson, C. K. (1996). ORTEPIII. Report ORNL-6895. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.

Supporting information


Experimental top

Synthesis and crystallization top

Details of the synthesis of the title compound are given in Paquette et al. (1975), which describes how the structure relates to mechanistic studies on cyclo­additions of substituted cyclo­octa­tetra­enes to iron carbonyl complexes. A previous synthesis by a different route is given by King (1963).

Refinement top

Each of the 18 standard reflections was measured 17-18 times during the 97 hours of data collection. Decay of individual standards during data collection was relatively isotropic, ranging from 6.9 (2)%-8.3 (5)%. Data were collected in two shells, θ=0-20° and θ=20-30°. The average decay during collection of data in the first shell was 0.8 (1)%, so that most of the decay occurred during collection of weaker intensities in the higher angle shell. No correction was made for the fall-off in standard intensities.

The original data reduction deleted 536 reflections with I<2σ(I)out of a total of 4226 measurements, and their details are no longer available. Near the end of the final refinements, the missing reflections were reinserted into the data file, with F2 values set equal to the σ(F2) found for reflections with F2<3σ(F2), averaged over ten ranges of theta values.

This report is based upon refinements that include the reinserted weaker reflections. The necessarily arbitrary assignment of F2 values for these reflections with I<2σ(I) is the reason for the high K value for the weakest reflections in the final refinement. The structure was also refined without these weak reflections. The average Δ/σ for all parameters between refinements with and without the missing reflections was 0.21, with a maximum of 0.67 for U11 for Fe1.

One reflection, (-2, 1, 3), was omitted from the final refinements, as the records clearly indicate an error during the scan. As noted by the checkCIF/ PLATON report, alert level B, there are two reflections which show large Δ(F2)/σ values in the final refinements, (-2, 0, 2) and (0, 1, 5). The calculated F2 values for these weaker reflections are near zero. However, as the chart record clearly shows peaks during these scans, there seemed no reason to delete them from the reflections file.

Positions of the two Fe atoms and the atoms of the six carbonyl groups were found by superposition methods.

H atoms were constrained to idealized positions with C—H distances of 0.98Å for the tertiary H atoms on C2—7 and 0.97Å for the secondary H atoms on C8. The Ueq values for all H atoms were fixed at 1.2 times the Uiso of their bonded C atoms.

Initial refinements with anisotropic temperature factors for Fe, O and C atoms and constrained hydrogen atom parameters converged smoothly, but a difference Fourier synthesis at this stage showed a pattern of peaks and holes 0.8-0.9 Å from the iron atoms, with maximum and minimum density values of 0.66 and -0.42 e/A3. The intensity data were smoothed by a 12 parameter model with XABS2 (Parkin et al., 1995), to allow for systematic anisotropies that might have existed in the data collection. After ensuing refinements, the maximum and minimum residual electron densities were reduced to 0.34 and -0.49 e/A3.

Comment top

The title compound was synthesized as part of a study on the mechanism of cyclo­addition of tetra­cyano­ethyl­ene to various cyclo­octa­tetra­ene iron carbonyls. (Paquette et al., 1975). Determination of this structure clearly showed that Fe1 was σ bonded to C2 and π-bonded to C6 and C7, distinguishing the compound from a possible isomer with Fe1 σ bonded to C7 and π-bonded to the other side of the ring.

The structure of the corresponding cyclo­octa­triene complex was reported by Cotton and Edwards (1969), and that of a related carboxyl­ate derivative by reported by Kerber et al. (1984), who also review two other related structures involving a bi­cyclo arrangement at C8 and C1.

In the present compound, the di-iron hexa­carbonyl moiety has a sawhorse arrangement, with the fragment O11—C11—Fe1—Fe2—C14—O14 forming the horizontal bar of the horse, and the other four carbonyl groups the legs. The Fe—Fe distance is 2.795 (2) Å, somewhat longer than in similar structures reviewed by Kerber et al. (1984), in which the Fe—Fe distances range from 2.764 (3)Å to 2.786 (2)Å.

Each Fe atom is also bonded to three of the cyclo­octa­trienone carbon atoms. Fe1 forms a σ-bond with C2, with Fe—C2 = 2.109 (2)Å, and a metal-olefin π-bond with C6 and C7, with Fe1—C6 = 2.238 (2) Å and Fe1—C7 = 2.236 (3) Å. Counting the π-coordination as one bond, Fe1 can be considered as o­cta­hedrally coordinated. The shorter σ-bond length and the longer distances to the π-bonded C atoms are similar to those reported by Kerber et al. (1984).

Fe2 forms a trihaptoallyl bond with atoms C3—C5, with bond distances Fe2—C3 = 2.158 (2) Å, Fe2—C4 = 2.062 (2) Å and Fe2—C5 = 2.123 (3) Å. Counting the π-allyl inter­action as one bond, the coordination of Fe2 can be approximated as trigonal bipyramidal. The irregular pattern of distances lying in between those for the σ- and π-bonds is again similar to those found previously (Kerber et al., 1984).

Four of the Fe—C carbonyl distances are clustered closely around a mean of 1.800 (2)Å. However, Fe1—C12 is somewhat longer, at 1.818 (2), and Fe1—C13 is somewhat shorter, at 1.783 (2)Å, perhaps reflecting the trans positions of these bonds to the Fe1—C2 σ bond and the Fe1—C6,C7 π bond, respectively.

The cyclo­octa­trienone ring is buckled in a complex way due to the trihapto bonding to each of the two Fe atoms. One might expect the six bonded C atoms to be held closer to the Fe atoms and the remaining two ring C atoms to be bent away from the Fe atoms, and this indeed appears to be the case. The bonded ring atoms C2—C7 form a rough plane, with rms deviation of 0.26 Å, and atoms C8 and C1 are displaced 1.543 (3)Å and 1.002 (3)Å respectively from this plane, away from the Fe atoms. Distances and angles for the ring are given in Table 1.

The shortest inter­molecular contact is H4—H4(1-x,1-y,1-z), at 2.39Å. The shortest inter­molecular distance between carbonyl groups is O4—O4 (2-x,-y,1-z) at 3.042 (4)Å. Contacts between hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms range upwards from 2.81Å, for O14—H3(-x,1-y,-z).

Related literature top

The title compound was synthesized as part of a study on reactions of various cyclooctatetraene iron carbonyls (Paquette et al., 1975). The first reported synthesis of the compound was by King (1963). The structure of the corresponding cyclooctatriene complex was reported by Cotton & Edwards (1969), and that of a closely related derivative by Kerber et al. (1984), who also review other related structures.

Structure description top

The title compound was synthesized as part of a study on the mechanism of cyclo­addition of tetra­cyano­ethyl­ene to various cyclo­octa­tetra­ene iron carbonyls. (Paquette et al., 1975). Determination of this structure clearly showed that Fe1 was σ bonded to C2 and π-bonded to C6 and C7, distinguishing the compound from a possible isomer with Fe1 σ bonded to C7 and π-bonded to the other side of the ring.

The structure of the corresponding cyclo­octa­triene complex was reported by Cotton and Edwards (1969), and that of a related carboxyl­ate derivative by reported by Kerber et al. (1984), who also review two other related structures involving a bi­cyclo arrangement at C8 and C1.

In the present compound, the di-iron hexa­carbonyl moiety has a sawhorse arrangement, with the fragment O11—C11—Fe1—Fe2—C14—O14 forming the horizontal bar of the horse, and the other four carbonyl groups the legs. The Fe—Fe distance is 2.795 (2) Å, somewhat longer than in similar structures reviewed by Kerber et al. (1984), in which the Fe—Fe distances range from 2.764 (3)Å to 2.786 (2)Å.

Each Fe atom is also bonded to three of the cyclo­octa­trienone carbon atoms. Fe1 forms a σ-bond with C2, with Fe—C2 = 2.109 (2)Å, and a metal-olefin π-bond with C6 and C7, with Fe1—C6 = 2.238 (2) Å and Fe1—C7 = 2.236 (3) Å. Counting the π-coordination as one bond, Fe1 can be considered as o­cta­hedrally coordinated. The shorter σ-bond length and the longer distances to the π-bonded C atoms are similar to those reported by Kerber et al. (1984).

Fe2 forms a trihaptoallyl bond with atoms C3—C5, with bond distances Fe2—C3 = 2.158 (2) Å, Fe2—C4 = 2.062 (2) Å and Fe2—C5 = 2.123 (3) Å. Counting the π-allyl inter­action as one bond, the coordination of Fe2 can be approximated as trigonal bipyramidal. The irregular pattern of distances lying in between those for the σ- and π-bonds is again similar to those found previously (Kerber et al., 1984).

Four of the Fe—C carbonyl distances are clustered closely around a mean of 1.800 (2)Å. However, Fe1—C12 is somewhat longer, at 1.818 (2), and Fe1—C13 is somewhat shorter, at 1.783 (2)Å, perhaps reflecting the trans positions of these bonds to the Fe1—C2 σ bond and the Fe1—C6,C7 π bond, respectively.

The cyclo­octa­trienone ring is buckled in a complex way due to the trihapto bonding to each of the two Fe atoms. One might expect the six bonded C atoms to be held closer to the Fe atoms and the remaining two ring C atoms to be bent away from the Fe atoms, and this indeed appears to be the case. The bonded ring atoms C2—C7 form a rough plane, with rms deviation of 0.26 Å, and atoms C8 and C1 are displaced 1.543 (3)Å and 1.002 (3)Å respectively from this plane, away from the Fe atoms. Distances and angles for the ring are given in Table 1.

The shortest inter­molecular contact is H4—H4(1-x,1-y,1-z), at 2.39Å. The shortest inter­molecular distance between carbonyl groups is O4—O4 (2-x,-y,1-z) at 3.042 (4)Å. Contacts between hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms range upwards from 2.81Å, for O14—H3(-x,1-y,-z).

The title compound was synthesized as part of a study on reactions of various cyclooctatetraene iron carbonyls (Paquette et al., 1975). The first reported synthesis of the compound was by King (1963). The structure of the corresponding cyclooctatriene complex was reported by Cotton & Edwards (1969), and that of a closely related derivative by Kerber et al. (1984), who also review other related structures.

Synthesis and crystallization top

Details of the synthesis of the title compound are given in Paquette et al. (1975), which describes how the structure relates to mechanistic studies on cyclo­additions of substituted cyclo­octa­tetra­enes to iron carbonyl complexes. A previous synthesis by a different route is given by King (1963).

Refinement details top

Each of the 18 standard reflections was measured 17-18 times during the 97 hours of data collection. Decay of individual standards during data collection was relatively isotropic, ranging from 6.9 (2)%-8.3 (5)%. Data were collected in two shells, θ=0-20° and θ=20-30°. The average decay during collection of data in the first shell was 0.8 (1)%, so that most of the decay occurred during collection of weaker intensities in the higher angle shell. No correction was made for the fall-off in standard intensities.

The original data reduction deleted 536 reflections with I<2σ(I)out of a total of 4226 measurements, and their details are no longer available. Near the end of the final refinements, the missing reflections were reinserted into the data file, with F2 values set equal to the σ(F2) found for reflections with F2<3σ(F2), averaged over ten ranges of theta values.

This report is based upon refinements that include the reinserted weaker reflections. The necessarily arbitrary assignment of F2 values for these reflections with I<2σ(I) is the reason for the high K value for the weakest reflections in the final refinement. The structure was also refined without these weak reflections. The average Δ/σ for all parameters between refinements with and without the missing reflections was 0.21, with a maximum of 0.67 for U11 for Fe1.

One reflection, (-2, 1, 3), was omitted from the final refinements, as the records clearly indicate an error during the scan. As noted by the checkCIF/ PLATON report, alert level B, there are two reflections which show large Δ(F2)/σ values in the final refinements, (-2, 0, 2) and (0, 1, 5). The calculated F2 values for these weaker reflections are near zero. However, as the chart record clearly shows peaks during these scans, there seemed no reason to delete them from the reflections file.

Positions of the two Fe atoms and the atoms of the six carbonyl groups were found by superposition methods.

H atoms were constrained to idealized positions with C—H distances of 0.98Å for the tertiary H atoms on C2—7 and 0.97Å for the secondary H atoms on C8. The Ueq values for all H atoms were fixed at 1.2 times the Uiso of their bonded C atoms.

Initial refinements with anisotropic temperature factors for Fe, O and C atoms and constrained hydrogen atom parameters converged smoothly, but a difference Fourier synthesis at this stage showed a pattern of peaks and holes 0.8-0.9 Å from the iron atoms, with maximum and minimum density values of 0.66 and -0.42 e/A3. The intensity data were smoothed by a 12 parameter model with XABS2 (Parkin et al., 1995), to allow for systematic anisotropies that might have existed in the data collection. After ensuing refinements, the maximum and minimum residual electron densities were reduced to 0.34 and -0.49 e/A3.

Computing details top

Data collection: Corfield (1972); cell refinement: Corfield (1972); data reduction: data reduction followed procedures in Corfield et al. (1973), with p = 0.06 [data were averaged with a local version of SORTAV (Blessing, 1989), and a four-dimensional scaling procedure (XABS2; Parkin et al., 1995) was applied]; program(s) used to solve structure: local superposition program (Corfield, 1972); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEPIII (Burnett & Johnson, 1996); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).

Figures top
[Figure 1] Fig. 1. The molecular structure of the title molecule, with ellipsoids at the 50% level.
[Figure 2] Fig. 2. Packing of the title complex, viewed along the a* axis, with ellipsoid outlines at 30% probability.
[µ-(2,6,7-η:3,4,5-η)-Cycloocta-2,4,6-trienone]bis(tricarbonyldiiron)(FeFe) top
Crystal data top
[Fe2(C8H8O)(CO)6]Z = 2
Mr = 399.90F(000) = 400
Triclinic, P1Dx = 1.821 Mg m3
Dm = 1.83 Mg m3
Dm measured by flotation in bromobenzene/bromoform mixture
Hall symbol: -P 1Melting point: 428 K
a = 7.729 (8) ÅMo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71070 Å
b = 8.258 (8) ÅCell parameters from 12 reflections
c = 11.927 (11) Åθ = 11.0–25.5°
α = 89.172 (16)°µ = 2.02 mm1
β = 83.82 (3)°T = 296 K
γ = 74.54 (2)°Block, red
V = 729.4 (12) Å30.5 × 0.4 × 0.3 mm
Data collection top
Picker four-circle
diffractometer
3687 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Radiation source: sealed X-ray tubeRint = 0.019
Oriented graphite 200 reflection monochromatorθmax = 29.9°, θmin = 2.6°
θ/2θ scansh = 1010
Absorption correction: integration
(Busing & Levy, 1957)
k = 1111
Tmin = 0.48, Tmax = 0.58l = 016
4520 measured reflections18 standard reflections every 500 reflections
4227 independent reflections intensity decay: 7.6(1)
Refinement top
Refinement on F2Primary atom site location: heavy-atom method
Least-squares matrix: fullSecondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.027Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F2) = 0.091H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.11 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + 0.084P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
4226 reflections(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
208 parametersΔρmax = 0.34 e Å3
0 restraintsΔρmin = 0.49 e Å3
Crystal data top
[Fe2(C8H8O)(CO)6]γ = 74.54 (2)°
Mr = 399.90V = 729.4 (12) Å3
Triclinic, P1Z = 2
a = 7.729 (8) ÅMo Kα radiation
b = 8.258 (8) ŵ = 2.02 mm1
c = 11.927 (11) ÅT = 296 K
α = 89.172 (16)°0.5 × 0.4 × 0.3 mm
β = 83.82 (3)°
Data collection top
Picker four-circle
diffractometer
3687 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Absorption correction: integration
(Busing & Levy, 1957)
Rint = 0.019
Tmin = 0.48, Tmax = 0.5818 standard reflections every 500 reflections
4520 measured reflections intensity decay: 7.6(1)
4227 independent reflections
Refinement top
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.0270 restraints
wR(F2) = 0.091H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.11Δρmax = 0.34 e Å3
4226 reflectionsΔρmin = 0.49 e Å3
208 parameters
Special details top

Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes.

Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R-factors based on ALL data will be even larger.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/Ueq
Fe10.23879 (3)0.27972 (3)0.177172 (18)0.03093 (8)
Fe20.53855 (3)0.14576 (3)0.29382 (2)0.03417 (8)
C110.0206 (3)0.3694 (2)0.13055 (15)0.0413 (4)
O110.1162 (2)0.4219 (2)0.09807 (15)0.0624 (4)
C120.3569 (3)0.2465 (2)0.03568 (15)0.0432 (4)
O120.4271 (3)0.2256 (2)0.05374 (13)0.0677 (5)
C130.2055 (3)0.0741 (2)0.18355 (15)0.0394 (3)
O130.1684 (3)0.05060 (18)0.18661 (14)0.0580 (4)
C140.7292 (3)0.0818 (2)0.37346 (17)0.0450 (4)
O140.8500 (2)0.0358 (2)0.42302 (17)0.0682 (5)
C150.6776 (3)0.1002 (3)0.16087 (18)0.0483 (4)
O150.7697 (3)0.0716 (3)0.07895 (15)0.0752 (5)
C160.4823 (3)0.0514 (2)0.31890 (17)0.0442 (4)
O160.4551 (3)0.17724 (19)0.33981 (16)0.0674 (5)
C10.0240 (2)0.4664 (2)0.35754 (15)0.0414 (4)
O10.13837 (19)0.4908 (2)0.38358 (13)0.0571 (4)
C20.1512 (2)0.2959 (2)0.35132 (13)0.0361 (3)
H20.08680.21080.37250.043*
C30.3129 (2)0.2703 (2)0.41251 (14)0.0372 (3)
H30.30510.21470.48530.045*
C40.4485 (2)0.3564 (2)0.39688 (15)0.0409 (4)
H40.51580.36420.46080.049*
C50.5108 (3)0.4085 (2)0.29046 (17)0.0421 (4)
H50.62340.44260.28680.051*
C60.4023 (3)0.4619 (2)0.19756 (16)0.0404 (4)
H60.47150.48280.12770.049*
C70.2215 (3)0.5506 (2)0.20695 (17)0.0437 (4)
H70.18600.62370.14320.052*
C80.1071 (3)0.6065 (2)0.31726 (19)0.0508 (5)
H8A0.01300.70820.30680.061*
H8B0.18090.62960.37260.061*
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Fe10.03534 (13)0.02750 (12)0.03108 (12)0.01090 (9)0.00212 (9)0.00032 (8)
Fe20.03353 (13)0.03090 (12)0.03838 (13)0.00883 (9)0.00396 (9)0.00376 (9)
C110.0447 (9)0.0389 (8)0.0413 (8)0.0132 (7)0.0048 (7)0.0058 (7)
O110.0474 (8)0.0741 (10)0.0661 (10)0.0131 (8)0.0181 (7)0.0176 (8)
C120.0504 (10)0.0408 (9)0.0391 (8)0.0149 (8)0.0010 (7)0.0007 (7)
O120.0817 (12)0.0784 (11)0.0412 (8)0.0256 (10)0.0131 (8)0.0061 (7)
C130.0477 (9)0.0348 (8)0.0381 (8)0.0141 (7)0.0076 (7)0.0007 (6)
O130.0793 (11)0.0389 (7)0.0653 (9)0.0293 (7)0.0165 (8)0.0043 (6)
C140.0395 (9)0.0419 (9)0.0551 (10)0.0130 (7)0.0060 (8)0.0007 (8)
O140.0513 (10)0.0718 (10)0.0879 (12)0.0195 (8)0.0297 (9)0.0192 (9)
C150.0438 (10)0.0486 (10)0.0507 (10)0.0101 (8)0.0020 (8)0.0077 (8)
O150.0625 (11)0.0987 (14)0.0587 (10)0.0190 (10)0.0148 (8)0.0195 (9)
C160.0459 (10)0.0375 (8)0.0503 (10)0.0102 (7)0.0125 (8)0.0004 (7)
O160.0865 (13)0.0418 (8)0.0838 (12)0.0274 (8)0.0280 (10)0.0138 (8)
C10.0388 (9)0.0446 (9)0.0384 (8)0.0081 (7)0.0005 (7)0.0094 (7)
O10.0356 (7)0.0722 (10)0.0586 (8)0.0081 (7)0.0032 (6)0.0170 (7)
C20.0374 (8)0.0370 (8)0.0353 (7)0.0150 (6)0.0027 (6)0.0035 (6)
C30.0437 (9)0.0357 (7)0.0316 (7)0.0105 (7)0.0006 (6)0.0048 (6)
C40.0435 (9)0.0353 (8)0.0448 (9)0.0098 (7)0.0085 (7)0.0113 (7)
C50.0401 (9)0.0331 (8)0.0571 (10)0.0175 (7)0.0025 (8)0.0062 (7)
C60.0472 (9)0.0307 (7)0.0469 (9)0.0193 (7)0.0021 (7)0.0014 (6)
C70.0512 (10)0.0284 (7)0.0532 (10)0.0138 (7)0.0057 (8)0.0046 (7)
C80.0489 (11)0.0313 (8)0.0674 (12)0.0037 (7)0.0018 (9)0.0107 (8)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Fe1—C131.783 (2)C16—O161.133 (3)
Fe1—C111.796 (2)C1—O11.223 (3)
Fe1—C121.818 (2)C1—C21.484 (3)
Fe1—C22.109 (2)C2—C31.480 (3)
Fe1—C72.236 (3)C2—H20.9800
Fe1—C62.238 (2)C3—C41.411 (3)
Fe1—Fe22.795 (2)C3—H30.9800
Fe2—C141.795 (2)C4—C51.411 (3)
Fe2—C151.802 (3)C4—H40.9800
Fe2—C161.807 (2)C5—C61.454 (3)
Fe2—C42.062 (2)C5—H50.9800
Fe2—C52.123 (3)C6—C71.387 (3)
Fe2—C32.158 (2)C6—H60.9800
C11—O111.138 (3)C7—C81.508 (3)
C12—O121.137 (3)C7—H70.9800
C13—O131.140 (2)C8—H8A0.9700
C14—O141.135 (3)C8—H8B0.9700
O14—O14i3.042 (4)C8—C11.515 (3)
C15—O151.133 (3)
C13—Fe1—C1192.47 (9)O15—C15—Fe2177.8 (2)
C13—Fe1—C1293.48 (9)O16—C16—Fe2175.41 (18)
C11—Fe1—C1294.65 (10)O1—C1—C2122.70 (18)
C13—Fe1—C285.60 (8)O1—C1—C8122.10 (18)
C11—Fe1—C296.41 (9)C2—C1—C8114.90 (17)
C12—Fe1—C2168.93 (8)C3—C2—C1117.09 (15)
C13—Fe1—C7164.71 (8)C3—C2—Fe1107.62 (12)
C11—Fe1—C781.66 (8)C1—C2—Fe199.86 (11)
C12—Fe1—C7101.03 (8)C3—C2—H2110.6
C2—Fe1—C781.08 (7)C1—C2—H2110.6
C13—Fe1—C6152.39 (8)Fe1—C2—H2110.6
C11—Fe1—C6115.14 (10)C4—C3—C2127.37 (16)
C12—Fe1—C684.91 (9)C4—C3—Fe266.83 (11)
C2—Fe1—C690.79 (7)C2—C3—Fe2105.68 (12)
C7—Fe1—C636.13 (8)C4—C3—H3114.9
C13—Fe1—Fe285.85 (7)C2—C3—H3114.9
C11—Fe1—Fe2168.17 (6)Fe2—C3—H3114.9
C12—Fe1—Fe297.13 (9)C5—C4—C3123.23 (16)
C2—Fe1—Fe271.80 (7)C5—C4—Fe272.62 (12)
C7—Fe1—Fe297.01 (6)C3—C4—Fe274.20 (11)
C6—Fe1—Fe267.10 (8)C5—C4—H4118.0
C14—Fe2—C1592.80 (12)C3—C4—H4118.0
C14—Fe2—C1691.69 (9)Fe2—C4—H4118.0
C15—Fe2—C16100.74 (10)C4—C5—C6125.64 (18)
C14—Fe2—C487.79 (9)C4—C5—Fe268.01 (10)
C15—Fe2—C4133.75 (9)C6—C5—Fe2102.46 (11)
C16—Fe2—C4125.48 (10)C4—C5—H5115.9
C14—Fe2—C599.31 (8)C6—C5—H5115.9
C15—Fe2—C595.38 (9)Fe2—C5—H5115.9
C16—Fe2—C5160.00 (9)C7—C6—C5126.10 (18)
C4—Fe2—C539.37 (8)C7—C6—Fe171.86 (12)
C14—Fe2—C3106.02 (11)C5—C6—Fe1108.79 (12)
C15—Fe2—C3158.05 (9)C7—C6—H6113.9
C16—Fe2—C390.10 (10)C5—C6—H6113.9
C4—Fe2—C338.97 (7)Fe1—C6—H6113.9
C5—Fe2—C370.88 (8)C6—C7—C8124.40 (19)
C14—Fe2—Fe1174.00 (6)C6—C7—Fe172.01 (10)
C15—Fe2—Fe189.25 (10)C8—C7—Fe1108.43 (12)
C16—Fe2—Fe193.46 (8)C6—C7—H7114.6
C4—Fe2—Fe186.73 (7)C8—C7—H7114.6
C5—Fe2—Fe174.87 (6)Fe1—C7—H7114.6
C3—Fe2—Fe170.93 (8)C7—C8—C1107.95 (15)
O11—C11—Fe1177.54 (19)C7—C8—H8A110.1
O12—C12—Fe1178.4 (2)C1—C8—H8A110.1
O13—C13—Fe1173.85 (19)C7—C8—H8B110.1
O14—C14—Fe2177.66 (19)C1—C8—H8B110.1
C14—O14—O14i170.9 (2)H8A—C8—H8B108.4
C1—C2—C3—C458.8 (2)C6—C7—C8—C188.8 (2)
C2—C3—C4—C536.3 (3)C7—C8—C1—C246.3 (2)
C3—C4—C5—C632.9 (3)C8—C1—C2—C357.0 (2)
C4—C5—C6—C734.9 (3)O1—C1—C2—C3129.21 (19)
C5—C6—C7—C80.0 (3)O1—C1—C8—C7127.55 (19)
Symmetry code: (i) x+2, y, z+1.

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula[Fe2(C8H8O)(CO)6]
Mr399.90
Crystal system, space groupTriclinic, P1
Temperature (K)296
a, b, c (Å)7.729 (8), 8.258 (8), 11.927 (11)
α, β, γ (°)89.172 (16), 83.82 (3), 74.54 (2)
V3)729.4 (12)
Z2
Radiation typeMo Kα
µ (mm1)2.02
Crystal size (mm)0.5 × 0.4 × 0.3
Data collection
DiffractometerPicker four-circle
Absorption correctionIntegration
(Busing & Levy, 1957)
Tmin, Tmax0.48, 0.58
No. of measured, independent and
observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections
4520, 4227, 3687
Rint0.019
(sin θ/λ)max1)0.702
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.027, 0.091, 1.11
No. of reflections4226
No. of parameters208
H-atom treatmentH-atom parameters constrained
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å3)0.34, 0.49

Computer programs: Corfield (1972), data reduction followed procedures in Corfield et al. (1973), with p = 0.06 [data were averaged with a local version of SORTAV (Blessing, 1989), and a four-dimensional scaling procedure (XABS2; Parkin et al., 1995) was applied], local superposition program (Corfield, 1972), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEPIII (Burnett & Johnson, 1996).

Selected geometric parameters (Å, º) top
C1—O11.223 (3)C5—C61.454 (3)
C1—C21.484 (3)C6—C71.387 (3)
C2—C31.480 (3)C7—C81.508 (3)
C3—C41.411 (3)C8—C11.515 (3)
C4—C51.411 (3)
O1—C1—C2122.70 (18)C5—C4—C3123.23 (16)
O1—C1—C8122.10 (18)C4—C5—C6125.64 (18)
C2—C1—C8114.90 (17)C7—C6—C5126.10 (18)
C3—C2—C1117.09 (15)C6—C7—C8124.40 (19)
C4—C3—C2127.37 (16)C7—C8—C1107.95 (15)
 

Acknowledgements

I am grateful for the provision of a crystalline sample by Leo A. Paquette, as well as support from the National Science Foundation through equipment grant GP8534 awarded to the Ohio State University, where the experimental work was carried out.

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