Acta Cryst. (2002). E58, m676-m678  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536802019141 ]

Methyl 3-ferrocenylpropanoate

M. Cetina, D. Mrvos-Sermek, M. Jukic and V. Rapic

Abstract: The title compound, [Fe(C₅H₅)(C₉H₁₁O₂)], was prepared and characterized by spectroscopic methods and crystal structure determination. The average values of the bond distances between the C atoms in the cyclopentadienyl rings are 1.422  (3)  Å in the substituted and 1.404  (4)  Å in the unsubstituted ring. The Fe-C bond distances range from 2.036  (2) to 2.061  (2)  Å and the bond angles in both rings range from 107.1  (2) to 108.9  (2)°. The cyclopentadienyl rings are almost parallel and deviate only slightly from the eclipsed conformation. The molecules are connected into dimers by very weak C-HO intermolecular hydrogen bonds.

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