Sumanenylferrocenes and their solid state self-assembly

摘要

The first ferrocene-fused organometallic compounds derived from the buckybowl sumanene (C_(21)H_(12)) are presented. Both compounds, sumanenylferrocene and 1,1′-disumanenylferrocene, have been synthesized by Negishi-type cross-coupling of iodosumanene and were studied crystallographically. Sumanenylferrocenes form unique packing motifs, which are both different from those of their corannulene congeners and sumanene itself.