Acta Cryst. (2012). E68, m1064
[ doi:10.1107/S1600536812030899 ]

(2E,6E)-2,6-Bis(ferrocenylmethylidene)cyclohexanone dichloromethane monosolvate

S.-J. Long, W. Yang and Y.-H. Liu

Abstract: In the title compound, [Fe₂(C₅H₅)₂(C₁₈H₁₆O)]·CH₂Cl₂, the C=C bonds both adopt E conformations. In one ferrocenyl group, the five-membered rings are in a near-eclipsed conformation, whereas in the other they are mutually rotated by ca 21.5°. The central cyclohexanone ring adopts a sofa conformation. In the crystal, the dichloromethane solvent moleucle forms C-HO hydrogen bonds to the organometallic molecules to generate [010] chains of alternating solvent and organometallic species.

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