抄録
Ferrocenes having two tropothione moieties as the substituents can be expected to show an interesting intramolecular interaction between the two tropothione moieties. In addition, these molecules can easily produce transition metal complexes having supramolecular structures. We first converted ferrocenyl-2-methoxytropone into its thiocarbonyl counterpart 2 by treatment with P2S5. In a similar manner, 1 was synthesized from the corresponding tropone derivative. The title compounds 1 and 2 formed the metal complexes with Ag+, Cu+ and Cu2+ in CH2Cl2 and CDCl3, and the electronic spectra of these metal complexes showed red shifts as compared with those of 1 and 2.