(Rp)-1-{(R)-(Dimethylamino)[2-(diphenylphosphanyl)phenyl]methyl}-2-(diphenylphosphanyl)ferrocene chloroform solvate

Abstract

The absolute configuration of the title molecule, [Fe(C5H5)(C38H34NP2)]·CHCl3, is R,Rp. The molecular structure is similar to the structure of the solvent-free compound [Fukuzawa, Yamamoto & Kikuchi (2007). J. Org. Chem. 72, 1514–1517], but some torsion angles about the P—Cphenyl bonds differ by up to 25°. The P atoms and the N atom have a distorted trigonal-pyramidal geometry. The chloroform solvate group donates a C—H...π bond to the central benzene ring and is also involved in six intermolecular C—H...Cl contacts with H...Cl distances between 2.96 and 3.13 Å.