4,6-Diferrocenyl-5-(morpholin-4-yl)-1,2,3-triazine

The title complex crystallizes with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit of the orthorhombic unit cell. The crystal structure features C—H⋯O and C—H⋯N non-classical hydrogen bonds.

The structure of the title Fe complex, [Fe(C 5 H 5 ) 2 (C 17 H 16 N 4 O)], was determined at 130 K, and has orthorhombic (Pna2 1 ) symmetry.It is of interest with respect to the class of triazine heterocyclic compounds: the triazine ring is substituted by two ferrocenyl and one morpholine groups.The crystal structure features C-HÁ Á ÁO and C-HÁ Á ÁN non-classical hydrogen bonds.
The title compound (Fig. 1), crystallizes with two independent molecules of 5-(morpholino)-4,6-diferrocenyl-1,2,3-triazine in the asymmetric unit.Each molecule (labelled A and B) is constituted by a pair of ferrocenyl complexes bonded to the triazine ring; moreover, C2A and C2B are bonded to six-membered morpholine groups (Fig. 2).The morpholine ring assumes a conformation very close to a chair conformation, with puckering parameters for molecule A: q = 0.563 (9) A ˚, = 4.8 (8) and ' = 27 (11) if the calculation starts from O1A to C6A and proceeds in a clockwise direction.For molecule data reports B, puckering parameters are; q = 0.569 (8) A ˚, = 174.7 (8) and ' = 237 (8) if the calculation starts from O1B to C6B and proceeds in a clockwise direction.

Figure 3
Synthesis of the title compound.

Figure 1 ORTEP
Figure1ORTEP diagram of the title compound.One molecule of the asymmetric unit is displayed.Displacement ellipsoids for non-H atoms are drawn at the 50% probability level.

Figure 2
Figure 2 Part of the crystal structure of the title compound, viewed along [010] and showing intermolecular contacts of the type C-HÁ Á ÁO, N-HÁ Á ÁO and -(dashed blue lines).

Table 2
Experimental details.