摘要:
                                The one-pot reactions of ferrocenecarboxaldehyde, W(CO)(4)(pip)(2) (pip = piperidine) and either 2-(aminomethyl) pyridine or 2-(2-aminoethyl) pyridine lead to clean formation of pyridine imine products W(CO)(4)(eta(2)-NC5H4CH=NCH2C5H4FeCp) ( 1) and W(CO)(4)(eta(2)-NC5H4C2H4N=CHC5H4FeCp) (2), respectively. Crystal structures of the two compounds show that in 1 the imine double bond has migrated so that it is conjugated with the pyridine ring while in 2 the imine double bond remains conjugated with the cyclopentadienyl ring. This finding is reinforced by a comparison of dihedral angles in each molecule. IR, NMR and electronic spectra each highlight the differences between the two compounds. Crystal data for C21H16FeN2O4W (1): monoclinic P2(1)/c, a = 12.768(2) angstrom, b = 13.593(2) angstrom, c = 12.981(2) angstrom, b = 119.46 degrees, V = 1961.6( 4) angstrom(3), Z = 4; C22H18FeN2O4W (2): monoclinic P2(1)/c, a = 16.759(1) angstrom, b = 8.8612(7) angstrom, c = 13.802(1) angstrom, b = 95.998(1)degrees, V = 2038.4(3) angstrom(3), Z = 4.