Dicarbonyl(η5-cyclopentadienyl)(hexamethylenetetramine-κN1)iron(II) tetrafluoridoborate

Abstract

In the structure of the title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C6H12N4)(CO)2]BF4, the arrangement around the FeIIatom corresponds to that of a three-legged piano stool. The cyclopentadienyl ligand occupies three coordination sites of the apical position in a η5fashion, while two CO ligands and one N atom of the hexamethylenetetramine ligand occupy the remaining coordination sites to complete a distorted octahedral geometry. The asymmetric unit consists of two sets of crystallographically independent cations and anions with the r.m.s. deviations of the overlay of non-H atoms of each pair being 0.081 and 0.120 Å, respectively. The Fe—N bond lengths are 2.0459 (15) and 2.0490 (14) Å, while the Fe—Cp(centroid) distances are 1.7257 (3) and 1.7246 (3) Å. One of the anions displays disorder, with the F atoms having occupancies of 0.58 (4) and 0.42 (4).