1,2:5,6-Di-O-isopropylidene-α-d-3-glucofuranosyl (Rp)-2-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene-1-carboxylate

The title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C30H32O7P)], which is an intermediate in the synthesis of (Rp)-2-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene-1-carboxylic acid, crystallizes in the common chiral space group P212121. In general, the molecular geometry is very similar to that of the corresponding 2,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino) congener. The ferrocene unit assumes a regular geometry with the proximal bulky substituents efficiently avoiding mutual spatial contacts. In the crystal, the molecules participate in weak intra- and intermolecular C—H...O interactions.