Crystal structure of 1,1-di-acetyl-ferrocene dihydrazone.

The title compound, [Fe(C7H9N2)2], crystallizes with two crystallographically independent mol-ecules in the unit cell. These represent the chiral atropoisomers distinguished by the mutual arrangement of the two acet-yl-hydrazone groups with a cis conformation of the C=N bonds. The two cyclo-penta-dienyl (Cp) rings are planar and nearly parallel, the tilt between the two rings being 3.

[N-(1-Aza-nidyl-2,2,2-trichloro-ethyl-idene)-2,2,2-trichloro-ethanimidamide]-copper(II).

The title compound, [Cu(C(4)H(2)Cl(6)N(3))(2)], was obtained by the reaction of CCl(3)CN with ammonia in presence of CuCl. The Cu(II) atom is located about an inversion centre. The mol-ecule consists of three planar units (one central square CuN(4) and two C(2)N(3) fragments), adopting a staircase-like structure.