title: Crystal structure of (Z)-1-(ferrocenylethyn-yl)-10-(phenyl-imino)-anthracen-9(10H)-one from synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction.
abstract: In the title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C27H16NO)], designed and synthesized to explore a new electron-donor (D) and -acceptor (A) conjugated complex, the two cyclo-penta-dienyl rings adopt an eclipsed conformation. The anthracene tricycle is distorted towards a butterfly conformation and the mean planes of the outer benzene rings are inclined each to other at 22.7 (3)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are paired into inversion dimers via π-π inter-actions. Weak inter-molecular C-H⋯π inter-actions link further these dimers into one-dimensional columns along the b axis, with the ferrocenylethynyl arms arranged between the stacks to fill the voids.
authors.affiliation: Division of Physics, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Center for Integrated Research in Fundamental Science and Engineering, Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nishibori
authors.affiliation: Department of Information and Biological Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.affiliation: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, SPring-8, 1-1-1, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishihara
keywords: C—H⋯π inter­actions; D–A conjugated complex; ferrocen­yl–anthracen-9(10H)-one; powder diffraction; structure determination; synchrotron radiation; π–π inter­actions